From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,577df5d4a0e88785 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2000-12-19 07:51:07 PST Path: supernews.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!newsfeed.mesh.ad.jp!cyclone.bc.net!logbridge.uoregon.edu!news.bu.edu!inmet!not-for-mail From: Tucker Taft Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Bad coding standards Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 10:51:04 -0500 Organization: AverStar (formerly Intermetrics) Burlington, MA USA Message-ID: <3A3F83E8.8BC33654@averstar.com> References: <91b9ma$bne$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <3A3E36C4.3466A19C@averstar.com> <3A3E5E7E.67817482@acm.org> <91m2j2$bkn$1@news-hrz.uni-duisburg.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: nebula.burl.averstar.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: inmet2.burl.averstar.com 977241065 7600 141.199.8.77 (19 Dec 2000 15:51:05 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@inmet2.burl.averstar.com NNTP-Posting-Date: 19 Dec 2000 15:51:05 GMT X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.75 [en] (X11; U; SunOS 5.7 sun4u) X-Accept-Language: en Xref: supernews.google.com comp.lang.ada:3250 Date: 2000-12-19T15:51:05+00:00 List-Id: Georg Bauhaus wrote: > ... > I understand that Robert Dewar prefers strict stylistic > unification, for reasons that he has restated in this > thread, namely being advantageous for maintanablility, > and fostering egoless programming. What is missing in > this argument however, is, I think, on what particular > view this is based. Is it true that egoless > programming is a good thing, _economically_? For what it is worth, rather than using the term "egoless" programming I would opt for "team-oriented programming." That is, by working together, sharing code and moving about in the code for the system as necessary to make things better, everyone benefits. And based on anecdotal evidence, those who cannot follow the project coding standards tend to be the loners who lack a team-oriented view in other ways as well, and end up contributing less to the overall success of the project, even if in the short term they "cut" more code. > ... > Georg Bauhaus -- -Tucker Taft stt@averstar.com http://www.averstar.com/~stt/ Technical Director, Commercial Division, AverStar (formerly Intermetrics) (http://www.averstar.com/services/IT_consulting.html) Burlington, MA USA