Rube Goldberg Code

[wiebe@CARYA]

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BowenM wrote:

(Disclaimer:  this was most likely written by a grad student who had never seen LV before and was just told to make it work)

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Maybe (s)he was told he got paid until the job was done? In fact that's very smart.

[JÞB]

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@altenbach wrote:

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@BowenM wrote:

... and was just told to make it work) 

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And I guess it actually "worked" 😄

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I wouldn't guess it did. Somehow I think that THAT is not the right way to calculate %charge unless the ??? units are really odd.

[BowenM]

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@JÞB wrote:

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I wouldn't guess it did. Somehow I think that THAT is not the right way to calculate %charge unless the ??? units are really odd.

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The "???" array is the maximum currents for each magnet, and is used when sending the command to the power supply.  This part I'm actually surprised works because it is a topnotch local variable induced race condition.

Edit:  I lied... it isn't a race condition just oddly coded.

[JÞB]

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@BowenM wrote:

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@JÞB wrote:

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I wouldn't guess it did. Somehow I think that THAT is not the right way to calculate %charge unless the ??? units are really odd.

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The "???" array is the maximum currents for each magnet, and is used when sending the command to the power supply.  This part I'm actually surprised works because it is a topnotch local variable induced race condition.

Edit:  I lied... it isn't a race condition just oddly coded.

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Silly me! I simply expected a physics grad student to use Q for electric charge (SI Ampere Seconds) Placing ??? as Seconds.  %Ampere Seconds being rather odd

[altenbach]

(seen here)

What kind of high-school teacher would teach the students to program like that??? 😮

[Jacobson-ni]

A nickel is also 40cents which is a solid exchange.

[altenbach]

Yes, a candy bar for two nickels sounds like a pretty good deal. 😄

[Gregory]

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@altenbach wrote:

Yes, a candy bar for two nickels sounds like a pretty good deal. 😄

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But that loop will probably cause the processor to run a little hot, so don't get anything chocolate.

[JÞB]

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@Jacobson-ni wrote:

A nickel is also 40cents which is a solid exchange.

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Not if you buy %0.60 chips for 1 buck and only get a nickel back

[JÞB]

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@altenbach wrote:

(seen here)

What kind of high-school teacher would teach the students to program like that??? 😮

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Didn't want to spoil your fun on the other thread but "$%0.2f" and "%d¢" (%dAlt+0162) would blow the teachers mind!  but, at least the array constants would make sense cents  

(The urge to include the pun was irresistible, Oh well!  )