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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
