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=0.1 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_05,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,d275ffeffdf83655 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: f5d71,d275ffeffdf83655 X-Google-Attributes: gidf5d71,public X-Google-Thread: 109fba,d275ffeffdf83655 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: 146b77,d275ffeffdf83655 X-Google-Attributes: gid146b77,public From: Martin Dowie Subject: Re: Ada vs C++ vs Java Date: 1999/01/21 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 435356316 X-NNTP-Posting-Host: dowie-cs.demon.co.uk:193.237.34.207 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$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <77vhjf$nn9$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <77vld9$qvg$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> X-Complaints-To: abuse@demon.net X-Trace: news.demon.co.uk 916951541 nnrp-04:19635 NO-IDENT dowie-cs.demon.co.uk:193.237.34.207 MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++,comp.vxworks,comp.lang.java,comp.lang.ada Date: 1999-01-21T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: In article , Crazy Pete writes >Or whatever else. I always try to encourage each person to "own" >individual modules and be responsible for them. I have found this >encourages a sense of pride in their work. By letting them determine >their own style they also enjoy what they are doing to a much greater >degree and learn faster and become more productive. Also as you get >to know your programmers and their coding styles, it becomes very easy >to maintain their code because you begin to associate their strengths >and weakness with a particular style. it might be easy for *you*, as you have spent time learning each and every team members style. what happens when the proverbial bus wipes out you and your team and there are 'x' disperate styles, and no one is familiar with then? > I would not work in a shop such as Dr. Dewar advocates and Dr. Dewar >would not work in an environment where I would be happy. I will say >this, however, I DO have a reputation for getting projects in well >ahead of deadline and having the results work very well. good for you - but shouldn't we be trying to encourage standards that allow those less able than your good self to be able to do a decent job too? i would have thought that only having to learn one style per job/project (even if it rubs against what one as an individual would prefer if give a clean sheet) would help. >Peace respect Martin