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Article #1045Re: Wishlist addition for Snews
From: Philip McNab
Date: Fri, 10 May 1996 00:00
Date: Fri, 10 May 1996 00:00
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On Friday, in article <831720509.25896.0@thokk.demon.co.uk>
Malcolm@demon.net "Malcolm Muir" wrote:
MM> Given its chequered history and many 'authors', the whole thing
MM> should be rewritten. Snews is a classic for what happens when many
MM> authors contribute in an unstructured way to coding.
Am I missing a smiley somewhere here?
Assuming you're serious, who's going to find the time to do it?
I know you're working on a new database design, but are you really
looking at a total rewrite too? It'd be great if you are, but maybe
it might be a good idea to recruit volunteers for a rewrite.
("You, Bloggs -- you're volunteered for the interface"; "Yessir...") ;-)
MM> More likely accept its time has come and replace it with a new model.
MM> (and a whole new set of bugs)
I hope you're not agin bugs. How else would programmers stay in
business?
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/ Philip McNab // philip@siberia.demon.co.uk /
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