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: prochak@my-dejanews.com Subject: Re: Software landmines (loops) Date: 1998/09/11 Message-ID: <6tbc62$jq1$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 390107185 References: <35DBDD24.D003404D@calfp.co.uk> <6sbuod$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$1@hirame.wwa.com> <35f1375e.6237208@news.erols.com> <35F74AEC.21982C2B@oma.com> <6t937n$ep6$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> X-Http-Proxy: 1.0 x10.dejanews.com:80 (Squid/1.1.22) for client 151.110.127.15 Organization: Deja News - The Leader in Internet Discussion X-Article-Creation-Date: Fri Sep 11 14:30:26 1998 GMT Newsgroups: comp.lang.eiffel,comp.object,comp.software-eng,comp.lang.ada X-Http-User-Agent: Mozilla/4.5b1 [en] (Win98; I) Date: 1998-09-11T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: In article <6t937n$ep6$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com>, dewarr@my-dejanews.com wrote: > 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 :-) > Thank goodness somebody else sees the important issue here. As a department or project team, pick a style and stick with it. As an individual (especially a contractor like me), be flexible enough to pick up and use the client's style. To paraphrase an internet programming maxim: be strict in what you write, but flexible in what you read. (see another post of mine on the se-se issue about consistancy) > -----== Posted via Deja News, The Leader in Internet Discussion ==----- > http://www.dejanews.com/rg_mkgrp.xp Create Your Own Free Member Forum > -- Ed Prochak Magic Interface, Ltd. 440-498-3702 -----== Posted via Deja News, The Leader in Internet Discussion ==----- http://www.dejanews.com/rg_mkgrp.xp Create Your Own Free Member Forum