Re: Cobol Linear search Vs Perfrom Until

From: Robert Wagner (robert.deletethis_at_wagner.net)
Date: 07/17/04 

Date: Sat, 17 Jul 2004 17:39:47 GMT

docdwarf@panix.com wrote:

>How about this for a 'truism' to make things easier:
>
>'Do not implement into Prod any code which cannot be debugged by a typical
>2-year programmer at 2:am.'

My goal is programs that DON'T blow up and require debugging at 2 am .. programs
that detect exceptions and handle them gracefully. I do it by _raising_ the bar
of programmer skill rather than lowering it.