begin quoting Paul G. Allen as of Mon, Jun 18, 2007 at 05:01:51PM -0700: > On Mon, 2007-06-18 at 13:06 -0700, Darren New wrote: > > Paul G. Allen wrote: > > > Name one. > > > > Any system you're running on Windows that you don't expect to have to be > > around for a long time. > > I expect everything I write to be around for a long time. Expecting > otherwise all too often creates more work for myself and probably > others. > [snip] > > If one is going to put the effort into writing something, even if they > think it's a one-off, why do it so that it only runs on a single > platform and can't be used elsewhere? It's never a good idea to assume a > program will never be needed again, as it often is.
Folks that I respect have opined that there's no such thing as a "one-off" program. If it's a program, it can be run again, and if it was any good, chances are high that it will be asked for again. So the only reason to do one-off programs is when you're writing 'em in the shell, and they're gone as soon as you're done. [snip] -- There's a lot of utility in one-off command lines. Just don't save 'em. Stewart Stremler -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-lpsg
