13 Aug
2006
13 Aug
'06
11:11 p.m.
Ethan Dicks wrote:
On 8/14/06, Don <THX1138 at dakotacom.net>
wrote:
Unfortunately, it seems to be the "normal way of doing business"
technique. :-(
I suspect the code was never
"engineered", either.
Just slapped together until it worked and then kept
that way as a "fait accompli".
I've referred to that as the "code until it stops failing" technique -
i.e., it may not really work (or do what you think),
but it's "done"
when you stop getting compiler errors or _obviously_ erroneous
results. I've seen a lot of that in the academic environment.