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: 2000-12-20 04:59:23 PST Path: supernews.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!nntp-relay.ihug.net!ihug.co.nz!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!feed2.onemain.com!feed1.onemain.com!newsfeed2.earthlink.net!newsfeed.earthlink.net!news.mindspring.net!not-for-mail From: Marin David Condic Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Bad coding standards Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 07:58:32 -0500 Organization: Quadrus Corporation Message-ID: <3A40ACF8.9A35BAB8@acm.org> References: <91b9ma$bne$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <3A3E36C4.3466A19C@averstar.com> <3A3E5E7E.67817482@acm.org> <91o028$vp2$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <3A3F8E88.317C9FDB@acm.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: d1.56.ba.35 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Server-Date: 20 Dec 2000 12:56:50 GMT X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.75 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U) X-Accept-Language: en Xref: supernews.google.com comp.lang.ada:3284 Date: 2000-12-20T12:56:50+00:00 List-Id: Ken Garlington wrote: > My recommendation is to fire the auditors -- or at least, pull the rotten > teeth. Worked for us. Well you don't always have a choice. Either the government is providing them or maybe you hired a CMM audit firm, etc. The point is, you *said* you were going to do X and here is a spot where you *didn't* do X and why is that? The easiest answer is to never *say* you will live up to some specific style guide. That is why I would opt for a simpler style guide that is easier to live up to and maybe use something more complex as just a "recommended reading" and "suggested practices" for developers. I don't know if anybody uses the SPC style guide as part of their standard work procedures. I think it is useful, but like I said - its just too much detail to want to use it as something you may get audited against. MDC -- ====================================================================== Marin David Condic - Quadrus Corporation - http://www.quadruscorp.com/ Send Replies To: m c o n d i c @ q u a d r u s c o r p . c o m Visit my web site at: http://www.mcondic.com/ "Giving money and power to Government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys." -- P. J. O'Rourke ======================================================================