Re: Scientific method: was Re: Twenty (or so) Questions, was Re:Plonkworthy?

2003-06-13 Thread Doug Pensinger
Jan Coffey wrote: *sigh* I know I must have made some syntactic mistake their myself but, hay, I'm just as human as Erik. Erik's Human? Huh. Doug 8^) ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Scientific method: was Re: Twenty (or so) Questions, was Re:Plonkworthy?

2003-06-13 Thread Richard Baker
Jan said: Unless requested by a client or an employer, the code illustrates how the finished code works. The only problem with that is that the code can only illustrate what it actually does rather than what it should do. That's why it's so important to have comments that give the intention of

Re: Scientific method: was Re: Twenty (or so) Questions, was Re:Plonkworthy?

2003-06-13 Thread Erik Reuter
On Thu, Jun 12, 2003 at 10:00:27PM -0700, Doug Pensinger wrote: Erik's Human? You haven't figured out yet who I REALLY am? -- Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.erikreuter.net/ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Scientific method: was Re: Twenty (or so) Questions, was Re:Plonkworthy?

2003-06-13 Thread Julia Thompson
Jan Coffey wrote: So Rich, don't blame a lack of documentation for poorly factored code. Instead of If these idiots would just have documented..., think If these idiots would just have writen Unit Tests or Contracts, written clear code with short methods and discriptive naming, used codeing

Re: Scientific method: was Re: Twenty (or so) Questions, was Re:Plonkworthy?

2003-06-13 Thread Doug Pensinger
Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 10:00 PM 6/12/03 -0700, Doug Pensinger wrote: Jan Coffey wrote: *sigh* I know I must have made some syntactic mistake their myself but, hay, I'm just as human as Erik. Erik's Human? Huh. Doug 8^) Let Us Oft Speak Kind Words Text: Joseph L. Townsend

Scientific method: was Re: Twenty (or so) Questions, was Re:Plonkworthy?

2003-06-12 Thread Jan Coffey
--- Dan Minette [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hypothesis: A tentative assumption made in order to draw out and test its logical or empirical consequences. Theory: A scientifically acceptable general principle or body of principles offered to explain phenomena. I would only add

Re: Scientific method: was Re: Twenty (or so) Questions, was Re:Plonkworthy?

2003-06-12 Thread Jan Coffey
--- Ronn!Blankenship [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 01:51 PM 6/12/03 -0700, Jan Coffey wrote: --- Dan Minette [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hypothesis: A tentative assumption made in order to draw out and test its logical or empirical consequences. Theory: A scientifically