John,
Given that many programmers have been trained to believe that opportunism is bad, it is also likely that observation of programming evokes
Are many programmers taught anything and if they are does it go in one ear and out the other? I think most developers pick up a rag bag of habits that work. Also one thing about analyzing code is that you quickly learn that what developers say they do and what they actually do often have little in common. -- Derek M. Jones tel: +44 (0) 1252 520 667 Knowledge Software Ltd blog:shape-of-code.coding-guidelines.com Source code analysis http://www.knosof.co.uk -- The Open University is incorporated by Royal Charter (RC 000391), an exempt charity in England & Wales and a charity registered in Scotland (SC 038302).
