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Re: Always using let*
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Emanuel Berg |
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Re: Always using let* |
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Wed, 17 Sep 2014 00:40:05 +0200 |
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Cecil Westerhof <Cecil@decebal.nl> writes:
> No, I mean in the development of software. My
> experience is that almost always the deadlines are to
> tight and there is only regard for delivering as soon
> as possible, to keep the run-over as short as
> possible. Taking some time to make it easier for
> someone else (but also yourself) to maintain the
> program later on, would be in my opinion a very wise
> investment.
>
> Something I also often heard (but to be honest less
> often, so there is improvement): we never have time
> to do it correctly, but we always have time to mend
> the bugs. I would think that delivering software with
> less bugs (no bugs is impossible) would be more time
> efficient.
Indeed, deadlines are a joke and they are often setup
by people who have no understanding of the work itself.
Things get done when they get done. Simple as that.
Example: Windows 95 was intended to be ship as
"Windows 93" :)
> Typing code fast is no problem, writing code fast
> could.
What is the difference between typing code fast and
writing code fast?
> To quote Abraham Lincoln: If I had eight hours to
> chop down a tree, I would spend six sharpening my
> axe.
What's wrong with that? What would you do? Chop it down
instantly and then sit idle for seven hours? Better
bring a book and a deck of cards in that case.
--
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- Always using let*, Cecil Westerhof, 2014/09/14
- RE: Always using let*, Drew Adams, 2014/09/14
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- Re: Always using let*, Cecil Westerhof, 2014/09/15
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- Re: Always using let*, Cecil Westerhof, 2014/09/16
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- RE: Always using let*, Drew Adams, 2014/09/16
- Re: Always using let*, Stefan Monnier, 2014/09/16
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- Re: Always using let*, Emanuel Berg, 2014/09/16
- Re: Always using let*, Stefan Monnier, 2014/09/16
- Re: Always using let*, Emanuel Berg, 2014/09/16
Re: Always using let*, Joe Fineman, 2014/09/14