> -----Original Message-----
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Charles Mills
>
> > The resource spent on adding emphasis to the description of a
> > deficiency
> would better have been used to repair it.
>
> LOL. Ain't it the truth! Every software team should have that on a
plaque on the wall.
>
> I don't always do it, but I am happiest when I do: write the user
documentation BEFORE you write the
> product. Then when you find yourself devoting three tedious paragraphs
to explaining how something
> works, you have a chance to say to yourself "Hmm. Maybe it shouldn't
work that way."
I'd be happy to second your nomination for a Nobel Prize in "clear
thinking", if there were such a prize. :-)
-jc-
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