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: Draconian coding standards (was: Ada vs C++ vs Java) Date: 1999/01/18 Message-ID: <7809ne$dqe$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 434115479 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$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <77q4p7$diu$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <77vk87$pv9$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <77vpeu$unb$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <78039c$7vk$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> X-Http-Proxy: 1.0 x2.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: Mon Jan 18 21:40:00 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: 1999-01-18T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: In article <78039c$7vk$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com>, dennison@telepath.com wrote: > > In isoloation this may not be to bad. But some companies > hate the way that losses of individuals damage them, so > they use all sorts of methods to try to force every > individual to act the same. Not only is this a > tremendous waste of beuracratic energy, it ends up > removing any joy a worker might have found > in the performance of their job. This ends up > *increasing* the turnover rate. In a company that is working well, the sense of team spirit that comes from working together in a cooperative and consistent manner is a great source of additional satisfaction to those involved. It sounds like you have never been fortunate enough to work in such an environment! -----------== Posted via Deja News, The Discussion Network ==---------- http://www.dejanews.com/ Search, Read, Discuss, or Start Your Own