Re: A solution for the allocation failures problem


"Ed Jensen" <ejensen@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
Randy Howard <randyhoward@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I think that peer review is a useful thing. But, as with all efforts,
it is VERY expensive (10-12 programmers doing peer review!)

Quite the opposite. It's very cost-effective. You just need to
contrast that cost with what it takes to fix, repair and support
hundreds, thousands or millions of customers in the field that are
suddenly experiencing bugs and demanding fixes, and perhaps even
threatening legal action.

Theoretically, the free market will decide which development practices
are most cost effective. Just look at successful software companies
and determine how much peer review they do. (Of course, some software
companies may cheat by illegally leveraging their monopoly, so you'd
have to pick and choose which companies to review very carefully.)

This is always the irony.
Programming gurus recommending techniques, typing into text editors running under operating systems not designed according to the methods they are advocating.


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