From: James Britt <james_b@...>
Date: 2005-08-21T00:57:59+09:00
Subject: Re: Python vs Ruby!

Kero wrote:
>>>...typically the goal is to get code to run, and run right, and
>>>then refactor to beauty.
>>
>>Is that what they teach in schools these days? What happened to
>>software engineering?
> 
> 
> He makes a prototype, good engineering practice.
> It runs Right, no? So there must be some spec somewhere. I believe a
> bunch of unit tests does take care of that.

> 
> He then refactors it to become "better".

And "run right" can mean all sorts of things depending on the 
requirements.  So one may have to consider memory consumption, disk 
usage, start-up times, and all the other little details aside from 
simply running without errors.

James

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