On Mon, 11 May 2020 19:40:42 +0000, Seymour J Metz wrote:

>Don't forget change logs.
>
>I once had to pick up documentation from someone who was into racing was in a 
>coma for several years. I helped to instill in me the idea that you do the 
>documentation first, and that if you need to revise the design or code, you 
>revise the documentation first. In my dreams - most managers consider it a 
>luxury. The "Take the money and run" culture doesn't help either.
> 
And it's far too easy for a vendor to plead "WAD" when the design doc is
proprietary.  I've had instances where I've wanted to know if the design
really implied it should work as I experienced.

>That said, good tools (not just the language) can make life easier and bad 
>tools can increase the likelyhood of errors. But no language or IDE is so good 
>that it can defend you from mismanagement.
>
>"Inexpensive, quick, reliable: pick two." And that's if you're lucky.

-- gil

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