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echo: quik_bas
to: CHRIS GUNN
from: RICK PEDLEY
date: 1998-03-19 12:04:00
subject: Re: Old Folks

-=> Quoting Chris Gunn to Rick Pedley <=-
 CG> I gather MicroSoft is hiring programmers that don't have the skills to
 CG> organize their code these days.  So they end up with dozens of
 CG> subroutines that perform the same kind of things, which if organized,
 CG> one subroutine would handle.  The amount of compiled code sure
 CG> indicates some sloppy design work.
 
I see that in many, many Windows programs, not only Microsoft's. It 
seems the higher level the language, the less thought goes into its
use, particularly user-interface design ("Oh, the GUI will take care
of all that.").
 CG> If the kids are not comfortable working in a logical and structured
 CG> fashion, it might be better they get turned off and find something
 CG> more suitable. 
Absolutely, but I accept that a "logical and structured fashion" can
manifest itself in many ways.
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