From: cym224@gmail.com (Nemo)
Subject: [TUHS] Comments on "C"
Date: Sun, 4 Sep 2016 18:24:15 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAJfiPzwXW1bixHEX8zoFAcePh=S8RkTcOQR3J7Q4DS5y3GwHWA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.11.1609030701590.78806@aneurin.horsfall.org>
On 2 September 2016 at 17:23, Dave Horsfall <dave at horsfall.org> wrote:
[...]
> I think I saw that in CACM: "Prepare to throw out half your code, because
> you will anyway".
There is Brook's law: Plan to throw one away, you will anyways [MMM
Chapt. 11]. (There is also Writh's advice not to be afraid of tossing
it and starting again) but I do'nt recall the 50% rule.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-09-04 22:24 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 32+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-09-01 9:17 Norman Wilson
2016-09-01 15:11 ` Clem Cole
2016-09-01 21:47 ` Tim Bradshaw
2016-09-02 0:11 ` Mary Ann Horton
2016-09-02 7:10 ` Steve Simon
2016-09-02 10:02 ` Steve Nickolas
2016-09-02 14:13 ` Random832
2016-09-02 21:23 ` Dave Horsfall
2016-09-04 17:03 ` scj
2016-09-05 13:07 ` Ron Natalie
2016-09-04 22:24 ` Nemo [this message]
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2016-09-09 2:43 Doug McIlroy
2016-09-08 13:30 Noel Chiappa
2016-09-08 14:22 ` Tony Finch
2016-09-08 19:20 ` Ron Natalie
2016-09-08 22:06 ` Dave Horsfall
2016-09-09 3:02 ` Ronald Natalie
2016-09-09 6:06 ` Diomidis Spinellis
2016-09-09 21:15 ` Mary Ann Horton
2016-09-08 12:35 Doug McIlroy
2016-09-09 17:07 ` scj
2016-08-28 18:21 Dave Horsfall
2016-08-29 0:37 ` Marc Rochkind
2016-08-29 0:42 ` Larry McVoy
2016-08-29 1:54 ` Steve Nickolas
2016-09-08 1:19 ` Blake McBride
2016-08-29 3:16 ` Greg 'groggy' Lehey
2016-08-31 10:02 ` Tim Bradshaw
2016-08-31 12:59 ` John Cowan
2016-08-31 13:32 ` Ron Natalie
2016-08-31 14:37 ` John Cowan
2016-08-31 13:57 ` Brantley Coile
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