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=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fac41,9a0ff0bffdf63657 X-Google-Attributes: gidfac41,public X-Google-Thread: 1108a1,9a0ff0bffdf63657 X-Google-Attributes: gid1108a1,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,4b06f8f15f01a568 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: f43e6,9a0ff0bffdf63657 X-Google-Attributes: gidf43e6,public From: dewarr@my-dejanews.com Subject: Re: Software landmines (loops) Date: 1998/09/10 Message-ID: <6t937n$ep6$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 389792100 References: <35DBDD24.D003404D@calfp.co.uk> <6sbuod$fra$1@hirame.wwa.com> <35f51e53.48044143@ <904556531.666222@miso.it.uq.edu.au> <6sgror$je8$3@news.indigo.ie> <6sh3qn$9p2$1@hirame.wwa.com> <6simjo$jnh$1@hirame.wwa.com> <6sjk3p$4tc$1@hirame.wwa.com> <6skgn4$3gq$1@hirame.wwa.com> <6sm6md$3fh$1@hirame.wwa.com> <35f1375e.6237208@news.erols.com> <35F74AEC.21982C2B@oma.com> X-Http-Proxy: 1.0 x4.dejanews.com:80 (Squid/1.1.22) for client 205.232.38.14 Organization: Deja News - The Leader in Internet Discussion X-Article-Creation-Date: Thu Sep 10 17:45:27 1998 GMT Newsgroups: comp.lang.eiffel,comp.object,comp.software-eng,comp.lang.ada X-Http-User-Agent: Mozilla/2.02 (OS/2; I) Date: 1998-09-10T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: In article <35F74AEC.21982C2B@oma.com>, Tim Ottinger wrote: > Ell wrote: > > But generally it is possible to get a plurality or majority to agree > > on what is readable. > > what on earth makes you think that? > > > In most cases readability decisions are made by > > polling project developers where I work and have worked in the past. > > You have to go with something, why not the plurality, or majority? > > This is in direct opposition to your anti-pragmatism post which > I read earlier this evening. > > For that matter, why not join the majority of people > who believe se/se is the basis of SP? > > For me, the reason it makes sense to simply take majority votes on style issues is that consistency is THE most important issue, much more important than the actual decisions (it's like driving, it really doesn't matter if you drive on the left or right, but it is really important to agree -- this observation thanks to Tarski :-) -----== Posted via Deja News, The Leader in Internet Discussion ==----- http://www.dejanews.com/rg_mkgrp.xp Create Your Own Free Member Forum