Yeah, it's sitting right in front of me :) On Fri, 4 Jan 2002, Ted Husted wrote:
> A nice alternative to Sun's (a superset really) is the Elements of Java > Style. Highly recommended. > > http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0521777682 > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > Sigh. That isn't the argument. The argument is about following what > > > conventions we do have. It could be about coding, voting policies, > > > whatever...if people ignore the rules, then we shouldn't bother having rules > > > at all. > > > > I'm going through exactly this situation in my new employment. One great > > reasoning for ignoring the coding convention: > > > > "Sun don't obey their coding convention internally. " > > > > It seems to me to be a similar reason for why open source Java should use > > the Apache licence. It's the biggest fish we have to be a littler fish in > > other seas. My view on the OS Java world has been that the Apache > > licenced software is in the majority, would be nice to do the maths > > and see if that's true. > > > > Arguing and fragmenting the 'standard' will cause the effectiveness of > > the community to fail, which is a shame as Sun's conventions, when obeyed, > > do create relatively homogenous code. > > > > Bay > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
