It's been two days without a flame, till you wrote this. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Mark Johnson Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2005 19:22 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [U2] Good Programming Practice Question.........
There's no such a thing as MV standards. Period. Personal standards, yes. VAR standards, yes. MV Standards, absolutely none. This thread, while starting on noble grounds of 'good' programming practices, will eventually turn into a pissing contest of implied standards. My 1 cent. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin King" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2005 6:47 PM Subject: RE: [U2] Good Programming Practice Question......... > I haven't heard it said (much) lately so if I missed it, forgive me. > > STANDARDS ARE ESSENTIAL > > I have standards for structure, header/commenting, everything > including variable names. Everything is done with purpose and > according to standard, which makes it very easy to recognize code and > its meaning months - even years - after it's been written. Today in > particular I'm into code that I wrote in 1993 and it's as fresh as if > it were written today. > > -K > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gordon J > Glorfield > Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2005 2:17 PM > To: [email protected] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [email protected] > Subject: RE: [U2] Good Programming Practice Question......... > > I prefer alphanumeric labels for subroutines. The label should give > some clue as to the function of the subroutine. The subroutines > should be in frequency of use order with the most commonly used closer > to the top of the program. Subroutines that are used once in a > program (file opens, variable initialization, etc...) are located near > the bottom. > > > Gordon J. Glorfield > Sr. Applications Developer > MAMSI (A UnitedHealth Company) > 301-360-8839 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 09/27/2005 04:35:12 PM: > > > Kevin: > > > Not if you alphabetize the labels; then it works just like numeric. > > > :-) > > > Bill > > [SNIP] > > > This e-mail, including attachments, may include confidential and/or > proprietary information, and may be used only by the person or entity > to which it is addressed. If the reader of this e-mail is not the > intended recipient or his or her authorized agent, the reader is > hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of > this e-mail is prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, > please notify the sender by replying to this message and delete this > e-mail immediately. > ------- > u2-users mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.11.7/112 - Release Date: > 9/26/2005 > ------- > u2-users mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ ------- u2-users mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ ------- u2-users mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
