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Article #3917Re: "Canadian style" of indentation
From: Ian Cargill
Date: Mon, 04 Sep 1995 16:19
Date: Mon, 04 Sep 1995 16:19
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In article <42d3e7$aks@mujibur.inmind.com> mfinney@inmind.com writes: >You DO archive your source code don't you? Including significant >temporary versions? I have also made massive global editing >mistakes which messed up a program -- but I have never lost >more than 5 minutes of work in the last 2 decades years due to >such a mistake. Yes. Religously and often. I'm not worried about what *I* do, it is maximum protection from others that I seek. :-) >The answer to problems like this is simply professionalism in the >deveopment of code. Professionals use archives to protect >against mistakes of this nature (and much more, of course), >amateurs and the inexperienced don't. Unfortunately, I have come across far too many allegedly 'professional' programmers who are little better than the average amateur. Again, I want maximum protection from them, too. Just call me a cynic. -- ============================================================================ Ian Cargill CEng MIEE | Find out about the Association of C and C++ Users Soliton Software Ltd. | info@accu.org OR http://bach.cis.temple.edu/accu
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!mail2news.demon.co.uk!soliton.demon.co.uk From: Ian Cargill <ian@soliton.demon.co.uk> Newsgroups: comp.std.c Subject: Re: "Canadian style" of indentation Date: Mon, 04 Sep 95 16:19:43 GMT Organization: Soliton Software Ltd. Message-ID: <810231583snz@soliton.demon.co.uk> References: <41g464$6vv@ruby.ucc.nau.edu> <41gvsi$hfv@mujibur.inmind.com> <DE616L.6xq@ns1.nodak.edu> <4255vr$12@mujibur.inmind.com> <810138845snz@soliton.demon.co.uk> <42d3e7$aks@mujibur.inmind.com> Reply-To: ian@soliton.demon.co.uk X-NNTP-Posting-Host: soliton.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: Simple NEWS 2.0 (ka9q DIS 1.24)