Tuesday, November 08, 2005

Ticks and Snacks

We updated The Snack, as Halloween is now officially past, even in Finland.
I'm trying to figure how to store the old Snacks (before they go bad).

By the way, the Finnish people are obedient workers, for the sake of extra working days almost any holiday that falls everywhere else on a weekday is moved in Finland to the next Saturday. So for example, Halloween (Pyhäinpäivä, "the day of the holy ones"), which was on Tuesday 1st here in Germany (and a bank holiday) was moved to Saturday 5th in Finland. Next year it will be on yet another day, again.
All through the year the gods must be wondering, how everywhere else people are celebrating them regularly and accurately, but in Finland they get calls only on weekends. But those then from anywhere, especially out and about. You know that Finland is a country of 2 mobile phones. Each.

I came up with a name for the code inspection technique I teach. I wanted a good and separate name, because the technique is different from anything else. In order to be talked about, either defended or fought against, a name is useful.
I'm going to call this particular form of code inspection "ticking the code", because that's what's actually happening. The checkers - the tickers, I mean - mark (uhh, tick) issues that violate predefined rules in the source code. Some of these issues could turn out to be bugs or "ticks". Isn't it a wonderfully accurate and short word? And now it gets a new specialized meaning!

So spread the word, learn to tick code at Qualiteers!

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