[DUG] Productivity

[John Bird]

I thought the Microsoft lesson was to take something that works, rewrite it
to subtly alter how it works and make it three times larger  ;)

("Exmbrace Extend and Extinguish" is  the phrase used for MS on this, also
by insiders)

Just stirring!

John

-----Original Message-----
From: delphi-bounces at ns3.123.co.nz [mailto:delphi-bounces at ns3.123.co.nz] On
Behalf Of Richard Vowles
Sent: Monday, 1 May 2006 10:19 a.m.
To: karlreynolds at xtra.co.nz; NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List
Subject: RE: [DUG] Productivity


Yes 

Why re-write something that works? You learn not the Microsoft Lesson!
:-)

Richard
PS why is your email address Karl and you sign your email Carl?
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-----Original Message-----
From: delphi-bounces at ns3.123.co.nz [mailto:delphi-bounces at ns3.123.co.nz]
On Behalf Of Karl @ Home
Sent: Tuesday, 2 May 2006 10:08 a.m.
To: 'NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List'
Subject: RE: [DUG] Productivity

Hmmm... every time I rewrite a module, it ends up doing the same job (albeit
in a much more correct and functional way) with code usually somewhere
between one half and one third its original size, sometimes less.  I've
expunged very many thousands of lines of crap code, maybe even more than
I've written!

Does this mean my productivity is negative?

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