It sounds like a great idea in theory. In practice... Ok, to be fair, I've been at only one company that implemented it, so my "in practice" really means "at that one company". There, we worked together to decide on a good set of coding standards. In the case of most of those standards, we all agreed "but there are exceptional circumstances where it should be done this way instead".
You can see where I'm headed with this: In the reviews ever after, no one ever admitted that any exceptions were to be allowed. It seemed to me that a lot of programming was done the hard way, as a result. I still think peer reviews sound like a great idea, if it can be put into practice without falling prey to a bureaucratic mindset. --- Bob Bridges, [email protected], cell 336 382-7313 /* A good programmer is someone who looks both ways before crossing a one-way street. -Doug Linder */ -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Jesse 1 Robinson Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2021 13:45 Can't say I ever participated, but I've heard the strategy of writing only comments, then gathering a group of folks in a room to review the 'code'. Participants don't need to know the underlying language, or any language for that matter. It sounds exciting. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
