[DUG] Productivity

[Paul A Norman]

Had reason to look at the Corel Draw 12 "DOM" - for want of a better word,
the other day.

Each object - Shape (IDrawShape), has a kind of internal extendible database
field in it, and one of the standard fields in it is "Cost" which is
pre-formatted to $#,##0.00

Interesting.

(Someone told me that Corel was bought out by a set of Accountants in San
Francisco some years ago)

Still, interesting concept.

Paul


On 01/05/06, John Bird <johnkbird at paradise.net.nz> wrote:
>
> 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?
> ---
> Richard Vowles, Solutions Architect, Borland New Zealand
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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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