From: Mark Probert <probertm@...>
Date: 2004-08-31T05:30:26+09:00
Subject: Re: Typos (Was: performance comparison)

Hi, Lothar.

Lothar Scholz <mailinglists@scriptolutions.com> wrote:
>
> Sorry but the hole idea of literature programming is one of the most
> stupid thing i've ever seen in the world of programming.
>
Ok.  It doesn't work for you.  I assume that you have tried it then?

> 
> Adding the redundancy and ambiguity of natural languages is making
> the problem worse. Real programs change a lot and under time pressure.
> 
I am not sure that you understand LP very well.  However, this really is 
the time or place for that.  Some people love it, others don't.  Some 
like C, Ada, Modula-2 and FORTH.  It doesn't really matter.

> 
> Can you give me one example of a larger program that uses the CWeb
> style, lets make it easy and say something with more then 100.000
> lines (a medium scale project) ?
> 
TeX

> Humphries "Personal Software Process" is nice but has nothing to do
> with programming styles or languages. ...
> Maybe you should read Humphries again. It is about getting your error
> rate lower, by finding out which are your problem areas. 
> 
True, it is language neutral.  The point is that, irrespective of 
language --  C, Ruby, ASM, Eiffel -- people will make errors.  PSP will 
help lower the error rate regardless of the medium. To me, that is step 
forward.  


-- 
-mark.  (probertm @ acm dot org)