On 21/12/2010, at 2:39 AM, Reuben Thomas wrote: > On 20 December 2010 15:12, Julian Leviston <jul...@leviston.net> wrote: >> >> On 21/12/2010, at 2:01 AM, Reuben Thomas wrote: >> >> (A lot of stuff... snipped) >> >> if I am having a conversation with my friend about some new movie we're >> going to make, and I write down on a page "New Movie", >> >> But now you want to see my scrapbook!! >> >> Do you understand? > > Making a movie is not the same as doing research, and I am asking to > see the scrapbook as it is written, not at the end. Most code bases in > any case end up throwing away far less than most movie developments. > If FONC does what it says on the tin, they may end up being a rare > counterexample, but I wouldn't mind betting that one would find few > commits to their repositories which rewrite the entire thing. > > But mostly, this is nothing to do with making movies, pregancy, or any > of the other analogies we've had.
Hehe... You're right, of course, and also wrong. This isn't actually software development either, you realise that, don't you? It's exploratory systems architecture, so perhaps your recommendations are unfounded here. Keep Smiling, Julian. _______________________________________________ fonc mailing list fonc@vpri.org http://vpri.org/mailman/listinfo/fonc
