From: "KevinJ Jones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2004 8:29 AM
> No, he was an idiot. I only wrote the code that way 'cause you were my project manager and directed me to do so. <snicker> What I saw too frequently in the code I helped maintain at Oxford was that someone would start with a WRITEV, then add another, and by the time the fifteenth programmer got through following the code that existed, you had situations like that. Far too frequently, the code was pure spaghetti, being maintained by people who didn't have the time to read it and fully understand it, just fixing problems under pressure to get it done quickly. As well as the frequent "just get it fixed, don't worry about cleaning it up, the code won't be here much longer 'cause PULSE will be online soon". It was a real luxury for me when I developed the Pick (Universe actually) side of the AMR system, because I was able to add my own fields solely for my application, and I knew exactly what they were for, and what programs were maintaining them. And I'll agree wholeheartedly with your statement earlier regarding the quality and efforts of most of the programmers at Oxford. It was my pleasure to work with, and in some cases for, some of the brightest people I've ever known. Working with Margie, Scott, Steve, Ivan and a host of others who all had a "make it happen" attitude in their daily lives was inspiring. ------- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.u2ug.org/listinfo/u2-users
