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From: Larry McVoy <lm@mcvoy.com>
To: Dan Cross <crossd@gmail.com>
Cc: Kevin Bowling <kevin.bowling@kev009.com>,
	Anton Shepelev <anton.txt@gmail.com>, COFF <coff@tuhs.org>
Subject: [COFF] Re: [TUHS] Re: Minimum Array Sizes in 16 bit C (was Maximum)
Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2024 12:15:03 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20241126201503.GJ30570@mcvoy.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAEoi9W4Y5C+m4eVgQN2v79tLtY0Fq9nyUZ-b0NYsVw=tVpmfRA@mail.gmail.com>

On Tue, Nov 26, 2024 at 02:51:38PM -0500, Dan Cross wrote:
> Many of Hollub's claims are ridiculous on the face of them ("you don't
> need a bug tracker!  You don't need schedules!  Code should be written
> by 'mobbing'!"

Why would anyone listen to this guy?  I ran engineering at BitMover for 
18 years, yeah, you need a bug tracker.  If for no other reason than to
track the churn rate.  HP-UX used that metric to decide when to land the
plane.

You need to realize that schedules are a rough idea, but you absolutely
need them, people work better towards a goal.

This guy sounds like he hasn't worked on anything other than small
user space programs.

  reply	other threads:[~2024-11-26 20:15 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
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     [not found]         ` <e23f7d87-1d17-f484-74ad-53deb5cc278f@makerlisp.com>
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     [not found]             ` <202410011243.491ChKiV419651@freefriends.org>
2024-10-01 13:20               ` [COFF] Shadowing variables in Go Ralph Corderoy
     [not found]   ` <20240930191216.tIpea9lo@steffen%sdaoden.eu>
     [not found]     ` <CACY3YMHzg+6U_zTuhMTORgfh_Kse6MTspaGDfuUjXb4vLvV9mw@mail.gmail.com>
     [not found]       ` <CAEoi9W46LRBBxQ22kM8kmvqHeTetXkp=jfUeDC+qu0kbvv+swA@mail.gmail.com>
     [not found]         ` <vhfa99$114r$1@ciao.gmane.io>
2024-11-22  1:53           ` [COFF] Re: [TUHS] Re: Minimum Array Sizes in 16 bit C (was Maximum) Dan Cross
     [not found]             ` <CAK7dMtC=y+a6=vk_zrQSA659h8=td0YBpd0BTvxmAJowefm_VA@mail.gmail.com>
2024-11-26 19:51               ` Dan Cross
2024-11-26 20:15                 ` Larry McVoy [this message]
2024-11-27  1:03                   ` Steffen Nurpmeso
2024-11-26 21:38                 ` John Levine
2024-11-26 21:37 [COFF] " Douglas McIlroy
2024-11-27  8:50 ` [COFF] " Dan Cross
     [not found] <CAFH29tp4fZR7ct57F-BmyqoJwwRfHkSbiVPS1mj89e-_gzhsHQ@mail.gmail.com>
2024-09-30 20:12 ` Jim Capp
     [not found] <CAKH6PiUm-2d5w5-vHtTsMjcENpZjXfM9wdi-+hpaGRM7D3JCUw@mail.gmail.com>
     [not found] ` <20240928165812.4uyturluj4dsuwef@illithid>
     [not found]   ` <20240928180559.GF9067@mcvoy.com>
2024-09-30 15:49     ` Paul Winalski
2024-09-30 17:59       ` Larry McVoy
2024-09-30 18:08         ` Dan Cross
     [not found]   ` <20240928180138.aygrwqdwrvq3n6xt@illithid>
     [not found]     ` <202410011313.491DD4ac421643@freefriends.org>
2024-10-01 16:40       ` Paul Winalski
2024-10-01 19:08         ` arnold
     [not found]       ` <20241001133231.GE13777@mcvoy.com>
     [not found]         ` <202410011347.491DlAsJ423777@freefriends.org>
     [not found]           ` <20241001140101.GG13777@mcvoy.com>
     [not found]             ` <024bd803-2852-c0d0-5f15-30ec65c45cb4@makerlisp.com>
     [not found]               ` <CAEoi9W471TKKwRSYNK7EoYwP-AZ4VDfva4LTNQoJ7cH9oFDd_g@mail.gmail.com>
2024-10-01 15:08                 ` Stuff Received
2024-10-01 16:49           ` Paul Winalski
2024-10-04  3:57         ` Adam Thornton

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