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Re: bug in CCM3 routine from my library [message #26666 is a reply to message #26635]

Wed, 19 September 2001 18:25

Craig Markwardt
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Registered: November 1996

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David Fanning <david@dfanning.com> writes:
> Johnny Lin (air_jlin@yahoo.com) writes:
>
>> wanted to let y'all know today (19 sep 2001) i found a major bug in
>> one of the routines i wrote to calculate anomalies from CCM3 output.
>> the routine is CALCANOM. in short, results are entirely wrong with
>> the program as is. more information is at:
>>
>> http://www.atmos.ucla.edu/~jlin/lib.html#ccm3
>>
>> am really really sorry about this error. in the future i won't put
>> anything on the web w/o vetting it at least 1/2 year first.
>
> I don't know. I've always belonged to the school that
> said plunge head-first into it while you are still
> basking in the glow of what a hotshot programmer you
> are. Then you not only get immediate feedback about
> all the bugs in your code, but the humility you feel
> goes a long way towards improving relations at home. :-)

On the other hand, I've published code on my web page which was
totally wrong, and nobody has ever reported it. A year or two later
I've come back and slapped my head the error was so obvious. [ Other
bugs have been reported by loyal users and I thank them for it. ]

Craig

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		Re: bug in CCM3 routine from my library By: Pavel A. Romashkin on Thu, 20 September 2001 14:29
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		Re: bug in CCM3 routine from my library By: Craig Markwardt on Wed, 19 September 2001 18:25
		Re: bug in CCM3 routine from my library By: David Fanning on Wed, 19 September 2001 17:02

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