On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 6:25 PM, Darren New <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > David Brown wrote: > > People don't like to admit this, but most program is exploratory.
I suspect most programming is maintainence. Never much cared for that myself though. Exploration is much more fun. Maintainence may often be more important. > That's probably why it would tend to work better with XP, and in > particular test-driven development. > > Plus, when most of your program is what you wrote and not someone else's > libraries/interfaces/etc, it's a lot easier to not have to say "gee, > what does this button do?" And the maintainers are often not the creative explorers. Lewis and Clark wrote a journal for good reasons. See http://lewisandclarkjournals.unl.edu/ Perhaps a Programmers daily Journal, written in as literate a from as possible, and as Andy might suggest, editied by an insightful professional, would be a good way to document the creation of a program for those who follow. BobLQ > > -- > Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST) > "That's pretty. Where's that?" > "It's the Age of Channelwood." > "We should go there on vacation some time." > > -- > > > [email protected] > http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-lpsg > -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-lpsg
