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: 103376,b50bc6538a649497 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: Kilgallen@eisner.decus.org.nospam (Larry Kilgallen) Subject: Re: if statements Date: 2000/11/10 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 691989087 References: <3A02CED4.520C2768@brighton.ac.uk> <3A078B6F.D34B024B@erols.com> <8ua3m1$bru$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <3A09A39F.2822C01B@cepsz.unizar.es> <8udce8$1qi$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <3A0ABE18.24CACAFB@acm.org> <8ufde1$ogf$1@nnrp1.deja.com> X-Complaints-To: abuse@verio.net X-Trace: iad-read.news.verio.net 973856902 216.44.122.34 (Fri, 10 Nov 2000 11:48:22 GMT) Organization: LJK Software NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2000 11:48:22 GMT Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 2000-11-10T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: In article <8ufde1$ogf$1@nnrp1.deja.com>, Robert Dewar writes: > In article <3A0ABE18.24CACAFB@acm.org>, > Marin David Condic wrote: >> I'd agree with the "Necessary/Not-Sufficient" part of this >> statement, but to say that "It Works" is not the MOST >> important thing, I think is a mistake. > > Your pickup truck example is actually instructive, but you > Sure, the software must work reasonably well, but to focus on > correct function to the exclusion of maintainability will result > in software that does not necessarily work any better on initial > delivery, and for SURE will start to work worse as it is > maintained. Don't worry, Robert. Marin will no longer take an absolutist position regarding maintainability being of secondary interest once he finds that he has to remove the engine from the truck to refill the fuel tank :-)