Open Source Software - Re: re-use in physical simulations

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Re: re-use in physical simulations

Ron Jeffries

2006-10-17, 7:02 pm

On 16 Oct 2006 11:59:34 -0700, "galathaea" <galathaea@gmail.com> wrote:

>although any given file
> or usually any module or subsystem
>should be consistent
>an entire team shouldn't be asked to follow one style
>
>this
> i believe
>can be a hinderance to agility in the long run
>
>engineers are by nature very obsessive
> and tend to become focussed on style issues over substance
>
>this should be avoided
> particularly at the level of codifying into process

If all the programmers code in their own style, won't that get in the way of one
programmer maintaining the code written by another? Won't it get in the way of
programmers doing pair programming?

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Ron Jeffries
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