begin quoting boblq as of Thu, Jun 01, 2006 at 01:49:58PM -0700:
> Still, as you point out, there are exceptions, eh?
There always exceptions.
An exception does not automatically invalidate the general
usefulness of a rule, convention, or policy.
I tend to think of the ever-increasing network of rules and
regulations and the concomitant increase in stifling bureacracy
as a side-effect of trying to deal with exceptions.
I'm looking at something like this now... crappy code, justified
away ("don't need to write clear code, this is only a test tool,
so that's an exception to the rule"), resulting in more and more
onerous requirements ("to solve the problem of crappy code, we're
going to require CMMI Level 3 compliance").
Failure to do the right thing leads to the wrong thing being mandated.
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