I'm a big fan of open-source software but, as a software
developer/supervisor with more than 30 years experience, I think it's
worthwhile to know the big picture before messing with software that
another developer wrote.
Sometimes it's not obvious why a segment of code exists.
And yes, I've rewritten others' software before, because it was easier
to do that than to try to maintain it.
73 de Jim - AD6CW
On 8/19/2014 12:57 PM, Fred Jensen wrote:
Leaving the military in 1972, I supported my family in control system,
communications, and software engineering, mainly for the military. In
due time I started leading more than one project at a time. Since the
open-source discussion came up on the list, I've combed my memory of
all those projects past. So far, I cannot come up with a single
programmer [later "software engineer"] who, at least once, did *not*
come to me and say, "The code's a mess, best thing to do is rewrite
all of it."
I'll let everyone know if I remember one. :-))
73,
Fred K6DGW
- Northern California Contest Club
- CU in the 2014 Cal QSO Party 4-5 Oct 2014
- www.cqp.org
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