You beat me to it. I agree with most of John's statements about headers etc. and why you cant trust source control unless you will stick with it for life on the same system.
But Superb Programmer? Perhaps you meant Intelligent Person? There are plenty of Geniuses, engineers, mathematicians etc, who all code because it helps their other jobs. Programming is a role itself, that does not require skills in all these other areas. A Suberb programmer should in the least: Write clean consistent code. Write self documenting code. Also write supplementary comments regarding complex self-documenting code. Understand the goal, before starting the task. A Suberb programmer, does not need to know maths etc. This is all available in books and specs. A Suberb programmer knows how to take all the bits and pieces and turn it into maintainable, clean, bug free software. I am guessing that most Delphi group people are a mixture of Programmer, Self-manager, etc. Not everyone works corporate. But its important to distinguish the skill of programming, aside from the skills of other mixed roles. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Todd Martin Sent: Friday, 5 May 2006 3:49 p.m. To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List Subject: Re: [DUG] Naming your code I assume you're joking. That's not my idea of 'superb programming'. > The extreme example was one package where the variables had different names > and declarations from one program to another, the programmer concerned wrote > not one single comment in his code, and liked naming variables with names > like B320 B330 B340 etc. He was a superb programmer who believed code > should be read to find what it does, and also liked reading object files > directly.....if you are lucky you wouldn't be maintaining his code, it was > hard to improve in all senses. > > John > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Richard Vowles > Sent: Friday, 5 May 2006 12:53 p.m. > To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List > Subject: RE: [DUG] Naming your code > > > It should be in the version control check-in anyway so you know who to > blame. The only reason it isn't in my code is I can't be bothered putting it > there. It is there on templated code. > > (a dedicated subversion user). > > How about people change subject lines to match what we are talking about. > --- > Richard Vowles, Solutions Architect, Borland New Zealand > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > phone: +64-9-9184573 > cell: +64-21-467747 > other: MSN [EMAIL PROTECTED], skype: rvowles > blog: http://www.usergroup.org.nz/blogs/selectBlog.html?id=39769 > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Kyley Harris > Sent: Thursday, 4 May 2006 11:42 p.m. > To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List > Subject: RE: [DUG] In case you're interested (or buy stuff) > > Correct. Many companies that rely on contractors to fulfill work do not want > temp employess, etc to see a name, and go tell the competition who they > should contact for good design work. So in that case it is valid to request > unsigned work. If you really want to assert that you wrote something. Get a > reference in writing on letterhead that cannot be disputed by future > managers, employees etc. Get the letter to state unequivocally what input > you had such as design, implementation, delployment. NEVER rely on an > interviewer calling someone. I make a point of providing no verbal > references unless that person giving the ref would die for me, or close :D > > _______________________________________________ > Delphi mailing list > [email protected] http://ns3.123.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi > > > __________ NOD32 1.1461 (20060329) Information __________ > > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > Delphi mailing list > [email protected] > http://ns3.123.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.5.1/327 - Release Date: 28/04/2006 > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.5.1/327 - Release Date: 28/04/2006 _______________________________________________ Delphi mailing list [email protected] http://ns3.123.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi _______________________________________________ Delphi mailing list [email protected] http://ns3.123.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi
