Re: Replacing Delphi developers

From: Doug Kanter (ancientangler_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 12/04/03 

Date: Thu, 04 Dec 2003 15:53:13 GMT

"David Reeve" <dree4456@big-pond.net.au> wrote in message
news:2mwzb.38495$aT.27714@news-server.bigpond.net.au...

> Programming practice is a cultural
> attribute and must be learnt from other programmers, by hanging out on a
ng,
> by being part of team working on a multi 100,000 line project. Only then
do
> you begin to see that this is elegant code, this is ugly code, and this
> other is a time-bomb waiting to explode.
>
> Dave
>

I agree. I learned it after getting up to my neck in a Paradox thing I
built, and then realizing 3 months later that I'd created a ball of string.
It didn't need much in the way of maintenance, and the users were happy, but
I still ended up rewriting (and "re-commenting" it) just as a source of
pride. The mess was keeping me up nights. Now, 7 years later, I'm glad I
did, because we're still using the app and new users are asking for new
features.