Date: 04 Apr 2002 17:18:46 +0200 From: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org> To: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Anti-Unix Site Runs Unix Message-ID: <xzppu1f1oh5.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> In-Reply-To: <A0B14BDC-47B2-11D6-BF98-003065D5E9A4@carrel.org> References: <A0B14BDC-47B2-11D6-BF98-003065D5E9A4@carrel.org>
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William Carrel <william.a@carrel.org> writes: > On Wednesday, April 3, 2002, at 08:30 PM, Anthony Atkielski wrote: > > Developers are kept busy writing code, not supporting it, in part > > because this is more cost-effective, and in part because > > developers who are forced to document or support their code often > > quit. > C) People who write code in a professional manner often quit working > for Microsoft Non sequitur - and since your entire argument is based on C contradicting A, B & D, your argument falls apart. > I will add a fact that I think should be hard to argue against: > > D) People who write code in a professional manner are smart. Probably correct, but this doesn't affect any of the above. "Smart people write code in a professional manner" would be significant, if it were true. To summarize: A) Microsoft developers are smart B) Microsoft developers don't document their code C) Microsoft does not require developers to document their code D) Programmers who document their code are smart There are no conclusions possible based on the above four premises. DES -- Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@ofug.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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