[Tinyos-help] Ideas needed

Dooma® adham.abozaeid at gmail.com
Thu Aug 31 13:52:41 PDT 2006


ok... let's return to our main topic...
rememer my graduation project?! any other ideas out there?

On 8/31/06, Conor Todd <conor.k.todd at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Not necessarily -- I regularly prototype code with function names, calling
> sequences and arguments before I actually write code.  That way I can change
> the structure of the code before I write so much that it becomes difficult
> to change.
>
> But I know what you mean -- there's usually great pressure to get things
> done immediately.
>
>      - Conor
>
>
>
> On 8/31/06, Dooma(r) < adham.abozaeid at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > I agree too with you on the importance of documentation, and i think no
> > one can ever disagree on that...
> >
> > However, documentation can't be a graduation project on its own, i'll
> > have first to write some code then document it :o)
> >
> >
> > On 8/31/06, Conor Todd < conor.k.todd at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > I completely agree with you on the lack of respect for documentation's
> > > role in software development.  Much like in a math proof or a professional
> > > chef's recipe, many important steps and assumptions are not documented
> > > because it's assumed that whoever's looking at the code can understand it
> > > trivially.  The problem is that what is trivial for the creator of the code
> > > is probably utterly foreign to someone who doesn't have the creator's
> > > knowledge of the project.
> > >
> > > If only software were like wine: it's only good once you can put it
> > > away for a long time, come back to it, and still find it completely
> > > approachable and pleasant.
> > >
> > >         - Conor
> > >
> >
>
>
> --
> "Thought is only a flash in the middle of a long night, but the flash that
> means everything."
>
>     - Poincaré
>
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>
> Thanks!
>
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