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From: Simon Wright <simon@pogner.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Draconian coding standards (was: Ada vs C++ vs Java)
Date: 1999/01/19
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dewar@gnat.com writes:

> I would have fired him right away, and thought it was a huge
> mistake. Yes, he was, in the sense of CMM level 1 heroes, a great
> programmer, but you simply cannot tolerate this kind of hacker
> mentality in an disciplined environment committed to sound software
> engineering.

Hmm, there are heroes and heroes! I have always understood the CMM
heroes to be the ones who work all the hours God sends, in spite of
total lack of assistance from their environment, to get the product
built successfully. They may even be led by donkeys too, though
usually it's the blind leading the blind instead[1].

That's quite a different concept from cowboy, which is what I think
Robert is describing (I don't know the American for the concept, aside
from 'hacker', which wouldn't apply to plumbers ..)

[1] No reflection on past/present employers intended.