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: f5d71,d275ffeffdf83655 X-Google-Attributes: gidf5d71,public X-Google-Thread: 146b77,d275ffeffdf83655 X-Google-Attributes: gid146b77,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,d275ffeffdf83655 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 109fba,d275ffeffdf83655 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public From: robert_dewar@my-dejanews.com Subject: Re: Ada vs C++ vs Java Date: 1999/01/16 Message-ID: <77q4p7$diu$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 433305324 References: <369C1F31.AE5AF7EF@concentric.net> <369DDDC3.FDE09999@sea.ericsson.se> <369e309a.32671759@news.demon.co.uk> <369F1D39.64A65BC1@sea.ericsson.se> <369f81a9.31040093@news.demon.co.uk> <77ommt$9bo$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> X-Http-Proxy: 1.0 x6.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: Sat Jan 16 13:38:47 1999 GMT Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c++,comp.vxworks,comp.lang.java X-Http-User-Agent: Mozilla/4.04 [en] (OS/2; I) Date: 1999-01-16T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: In article , mtobler@no-spam-ibm.net (Michael J. Tobler) wrote: > WOW, where have you been? I empathize with you, but this > stuff exists. The best we can do is to mentor others. Among other things I have been president of a software company that rigorously enforces coding standards, and indeed we would not continue to work with someone who was uncomfortable with following them! Note that I am not simply talking about refusing to follow them. I think it is very important for programmers to fully adopt an agreed on style. At ACT, we typically vote on things that don't really matter, e.g. number of columns of indentation, but once a vote is taken and established in our coding conventions, then we expect everyone to follow it. The result is very uniform code, and a substantial step to breaking down code ownership, which I regard as a severe detriment in many environments (I wrote this code, I own it, no one but me understands it, and I must be the one to maintain it -- and when I leave with two weeks notice ....) Robert Dewar -----------== Posted via Deja News, The Discussion Network ==---------- http://www.dejanews.com/ Search, Read, Discuss, or Start Your Own