Let's go straight to discrimination. If you can't "see" my book, then you have no right to read it. Should be fun for the Author's Guild to defend that. Union vs. Civil Rights, what a battle royal.
Ok first, reusing code is very important. You can get a lot of gains out of code you can borrow/steal from some other place. BUT, code you can't change is rigid (by definition) and will make your life difficult.
We used hibernate for one of our projects and I am regretting that decision as well because it brings its own host of bugs that are impossible to fix unless you know how to alter the hibernate code, which means you need to merge with the main branch, but then you must get approval, and the cycle is really awful.
If we had built an abstraction between us and hibernate we could swap it out for another ORM technology, possibly even a homegrown one. Would I write that abstraction layer twice, probably not. Would I replace hibernate with something better, absolutely. That may not mean I build it myself, I might buy it from someone and that is a whole different kind of question which is much much harder.
So should you reuse code, YES. But only if it is well tested code that you change if you need to. If it isn't, then you should be able to swap out what you grabbed for something better.
Re:Context switching, aka, incompetence
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You Call This Agile?
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I actually work with Dmitri and his developer "Sarah". I can tell you that his team has pumped out more product than any other company that I have worked for and we don't have unlimited M&Ms or 30" LCDs, so I can relate to those comments.
Also that comment about prima donnas. Pragmatic programmers take time before they start coding. Please, leave your anecdotal bullshit at the door. We are talking real life.
You obivously don't get it. Visually designed solutions does not just mean UI. For example, it could mean that you drag a component that performs a particular function to the page and link it to the preceding function using data from the preceding component to perform special actions. So instead of building programs, you build procedural workflows using pre-created components. It is object-oriented, just abstracted to allow building and connection through a visual interface instead of writing code. I have worked at 2 companies that have built products like this and it is both difficult to make and easy to use.
I have been playing since the beta and I have found that the service is really good and fun. Moto Gp is a fun game on Live, but MechAssault is a whole different world of fun. XBL runs pretty nicely because of all the broadband users. A much better experience that some online gaming on the PC.
One point about the refuting article is that it talks about the merging of data and business logic layers stretches the idea of object oriented. Although the code be less reusable, merging the two layers is in fact a very intuitive way to piece an application together and doesn't overload a project with excessive classes. As well the GUI will tend to dictate what functions can be performed. If the code is just gonna be used in that one page I don't think code should be anywhere than in that page.
Sure it is a social skill. Try getting a job at any company, other than software, looking like a scrub. Even a lot of software companies will not look to kindly on someone looking very scruffy like he did. You wouldn't even score a job at McDonalds IMHO. It is socially more acceptable (in North America and Europe) to keep yourself well-kept as opposed to unkempt.
And I can relate to the guy, don't get me wrong. He has great vision, and a clear goal. But if you talk to him (which I did) he seems to lack some of the basic social skills.
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The Stallman Factor
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Don't assume I am a Microsoft hater because I read Slashdot.
The reason I made the comment was that I have witnessed the worst hygene at the Computer Science Club at my school. You would walk by that room and fall over due to the stench. When Stallman came to my school he looked almost exactly like some of the people who produced those foul oders. Now, I don't really care about weight or looks or anything. But hygene is one thing that everyone can maintain without help from of a 12 step program or a doctor.
I paid attention to what he was saying. And I agree with him. He said that basically everything except the Kernel was written under the GNU project. So it should be GNU/Linux.
But that doesn't mean he shouldn't groom himself.
And BTW, don't assume I am from a country of pigs. I am Canadian, we are beavers.
Stallman made a speach at my school a few years back to a room full of crowded CS students. He was introduced by a Religion professor. Now being a Religion professor, he made a few blunders about the IT world, to which he received some laughter. The professor then blurted out "Well, at least I have social skills!" This received a good reception to the open minded students. At this point Stallman turned to me and said "I don't get it." I explained to him that software developers tend to not have good social skills. He didn't look impressed. Then he approached the stage with his long hair, long beard, and wearing what looked like a poncho.
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Let's go straight to discrimination. If you can't "see" my book, then you have no right to read it. Should be fun for the Author's Guild to defend that. Union vs. Civil Rights, what a battle royal.
Ok first, reusing code is very important. You can get a lot of gains out of code you can borrow/steal from some other place. BUT, code you can't change is rigid (by definition) and will make your life difficult. We used hibernate for one of our projects and I am regretting that decision as well because it brings its own host of bugs that are impossible to fix unless you know how to alter the hibernate code, which means you need to merge with the main branch, but then you must get approval, and the cycle is really awful. If we had built an abstraction between us and hibernate we could swap it out for another ORM technology, possibly even a homegrown one. Would I write that abstraction layer twice, probably not. Would I replace hibernate with something better, absolutely. That may not mean I build it myself, I might buy it from someone and that is a whole different kind of question which is much much harder. So should you reuse code, YES. But only if it is well tested code that you change if you need to. If it isn't, then you should be able to swap out what you grabbed for something better.
I actually work with Dmitri and his developer "Sarah". I can tell you that his team has pumped out more product than any other company that I have worked for and we don't have unlimited M&Ms or 30" LCDs, so I can relate to those comments. Also that comment about prima donnas. Pragmatic programmers take time before they start coding. Please, leave your anecdotal bullshit at the door. We are talking real life.
Economic principle says that pricey are sticky downward. Once they go up they don't really fall.
AOL is no longer an ISP. Their core-competence is the "safe internet" whatever that means.
So I would expect "safe email" is part of that competence.
You obivously don't get it. Visually designed solutions does not just mean UI. For example, it could mean that you drag a component that performs a particular function to the page and link it to the preceding function using data from the preceding component to perform special actions. So instead of building programs, you build procedural workflows using pre-created components. It is object-oriented, just abstracted to allow building and connection through a visual interface instead of writing code. I have worked at 2 companies that have built products like this and it is both difficult to make and easy to use.
I don't like Linux, but having choice is better than not having it. I hope SCO is wrong and the case is dismissed.
I have been playing since the beta and I have found that the service is really good and fun. Moto Gp is a fun game on Live, but MechAssault is a whole different world of fun. XBL runs pretty nicely because of all the broadband users. A much better experience that some online gaming on the PC.
One point about the refuting article is that it talks about the merging of data and business logic layers stretches the idea of object oriented. Although the code be less reusable, merging the two layers is in fact a very intuitive way to piece an application together and doesn't overload a project with excessive classes. As well the GUI will tend to dictate what functions can be performed. If the code is just gonna be used in that one page I don't think code should be anywhere than in that page.
Sure it is a social skill. Try getting a job at any company, other than software, looking like a scrub. Even a lot of software companies will not look to kindly on someone looking very scruffy like he did. You wouldn't even score a job at McDonalds IMHO. It is socially more acceptable (in North America and Europe) to keep yourself well-kept as opposed to unkempt.
And I can relate to the guy, don't get me wrong. He has great vision, and a clear goal. But if you talk to him (which I did) he seems to lack some of the basic social skills.Don't assume I am a Microsoft hater because I read Slashdot.
The reason I made the comment was that I have witnessed the worst hygene at the Computer Science Club at my school. You would walk by that room and fall over due to the stench. When Stallman came to my school he looked almost exactly like some of the people who produced those foul oders. Now, I don't really care about weight or looks or anything. But hygene is one thing that everyone can maintain without help from of a 12 step program or a doctor.
I paid attention to what he was saying. And I agree with him. He said that basically everything except the Kernel was written under the GNU project. So it should be GNU/Linux. But that doesn't mean he shouldn't groom himself. And BTW, don't assume I am from a country of pigs. I am Canadian, we are beavers.
Stallman made a speach at my school a few years back to a room full of crowded CS students. He was introduced by a Religion professor. Now being a Religion professor, he made a few blunders about the IT world, to which he received some laughter. The professor then blurted out "Well, at least I have social skills!" This received a good reception to the open minded students. At this point Stallman turned to me and said "I don't get it." I explained to him that software developers tend to not have good social skills. He didn't look impressed. Then he approached the stage with his long hair, long beard, and wearing what looked like a poncho.