On 2008-02-01 15:40:43 -0500, Bruce in alaska said:

Ahhh, but there is a GIANT difference between what RayMarine firmware
is designed to do, and what your Multi-Million Dollar Investment
Software, or your Healthcare software is designed to do.

Bruce, I have no real disagreement with you or even what you were saying.

But to some programmers, it doesn't matter who is paying the bills. We
pride ourselves on writing code that any damned fool can run and debug
after we leave.

Because pretty much anyone that follows *will* be a fool. [Sorry for
being so non-PC, but I know my abilities, and I really AM that good.]

I'm most proud of the sub-systems that I've written that others have
co-opted without *any* involvement on my part.

I'm even more proud when none find a way to screw things up -- as long
as they leave my code untouched. When they "adjust" my code, they
invariably screw up.

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Jere Lull
Tanzer 28 #4 out of Tolchester, MD
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