Writing computer software sometimes goes a little something like this: Brainstorm Believe that writing software is easy Design Change the design Bang your head against the wall Wish you hadn't banged your head against the wall... ouch... Change the design... again... Write some senseless code Wake up the next morning and delete the senseless code Write gibberish on a whiteboard Erase the whiteboard Realize that your gibberish was actually somewhat important Finally get a design together Write some senseless code COMPLETELY SCRAP THE DESIGN AND THE CRAPPY CODE! Draft a decent design Write bad code Realize the code sucks Fall asleep on your keyboard Wake up at 3 AM and realize you did nothing except type 2000 pages of the letter L. Bang your head against your pillow... ahh... better than the wall. Commence sleeping. Hide underground and crank out some code Attempt to compile code Add include statements and the semicolons you forgot. Attempt to compile code... round 2 Begin tal