Bill Klein wrote:
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What is not self-describing about these is why they suddenly started
appearing when the programmer hadn't changed any of his code, that's what!
If messages start appearing after a migration of compilers, then SOMEONE
(application programmer or systems programmer) SHOULD have the sense to
check in the "Migration Guide".
Furthermore, IMHO, anyone (systems programmer) who does a migration of
compilers and does NOT look at what compiler options are DOCUMENTED as
changing and figuring out what implications this has for their shop, isn't
doing their job.
If the complain was (which is NOT true) that this isn't documented as a
CHANGE in both the Migration and Installation manuals, then I would say -
yes, there is a problem, but this one just isn't in that category.
We live in different times now than a decade or
two ago. Basically you are saying the programmer
is an idiot ("SHOULD have the sense to ...").
Any attitude that says or implies to a customer
that they don't deserve to use your product will,
eventually, be self-fulfilling. We all need to
be more collegial rather than adverserial. (I
think this forum does a pretty good job of that,
by the way.)
In olden days, there were [at least] two classes
of people in IT ("DP" back then): the wizards and
the drones. The wizards were haughty, arrogant -
and knowledgable; the drones did what they were
told and kept things going as best they could.
Some drones were arrogant in dealing with their
clients, but they really couldn't sustain the
underlying knowledge you need to have to take that
attitude effectively.
Today, we're all trying do our jobs with [a lot]
fewer co-workers and very little time to devote
to "keeping up". And the wizards and the drones
are all perceived as dinosaurs now [never mind
we keep a large chunk of the business world
running right now; the future is not necessarily
going to go our way]. So the only attitude that
is going to work is to be as effective as one
can be, to be as cheerful as the world allows,
and to help one another as best we can.
Just my .02 worth.
Kind regards,
-Steve Comstock
The Trainer's Friend, Inc.
http://www.trainersfriend.com
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