On Tue, Sep 15, 2015 at 9:22 AM, Jack J. Woehr <[email protected]> wrote:
> Massimo Biancucci wrote: > >> I don't know exactly what the application programmers need, they asked me >> to know if there's a possibility. >> >> I'll investigate deeper to understand if it's a real need >> > There's the lesson! "Never listen to the application programmers until you > know what they are actually trying to do." :) What I ask is usually not "what are you trying to _do_" but "what are you trying to _accomplish_". Gets around their assumption that what they are _doing_ is the right thing, if only they could. Never answer the question: "How do I clean the dishes using a vacuum cleaner?" Of course, this goes against the standard aphorism: "When all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail." > > > -- > Jack J. Woehr # Science is more than a body of knowledge. It's a way of > www.well.com/~jax # thinking, a way of skeptically interrogating the > universe > www.softwoehr.com # with a fine understanding of human fallibility. - > Carl Sagan > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- Schrodinger's backup: The condition of any backup is unknown until a restore is attempted. Yoda of Borg, we are. Futile, resistance is, yes. Assimilated, you will be. He's about as useful as a wax frying pan. 10 to the 12th power microphones = 1 Megaphone Maranatha! <>< John McKown ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
