Dilbert: If I start the project today, and work nights and weekends, it will
take...oh, six months.
PHB: It has to be done in one month so we can show it to our VP on her
annual visit.
Dilbert: I have to know. Does it even cross your mind to handle this
differently?
PHB: I'll need daily status reports on why you're so behind.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Shahan, Ray" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, April 11, 2005 2:28 PM
Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] Loving the art of computer programming
Ah yes, Fred, those were well spoken words, and ones that I used to live
by (and wished I still could). The problem nowadays is that getting the
program done when someone up in management said it'd be done is far more
important than whether or not the program does what I set out to have it
do.
Sigh.
Ray Shahan
-----Original Message-----
From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
Behalf Of F. Alfredo Rego
Sent: Monday, April 11, 2005 3:37 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] Loving the art of computer programming
At 13:34 -0600 4/11/05, Keven Miller wrote:
>F. Alfredo Rego wrote:
>>
>>Loving the art of computer programming,
>
>I always tried to press the point at eXegeSys that
>part of my job as developer included putting
>phone support out of business.
This is a worthy goal.
Obviously, some people get "closer to the goal"
than others. Perhaps one has to have a genetic
predisposition towards "neatness" and "closure",
in addition to a vast knowledge of the kinds of
conditions that MIGHT happen, in addition to good
programming skills (and personal discipline) to
actually implement the required labor-intensive
if-the-else structures.
When all is said and done, it is important to
remember that these ideas apply to ANY operating
system and to ANY programming language.
Enjoy,
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