Re: Left hand indicators (was Re: DOW vs DOU)

["Chris Rehm" <Mr.AS400@xxxxxxx>]

>Yep, no argument there. I agree absolutely 100%. It's far more important 
>that everyone in the shop does things the same way than that each
>programmer 
>feels (s)he's free to use his/her personal preferences, whatever the 
>theoretical justification.

I agree. I am pretty headstrong and "cocky", but I used to be a "DOU man"
until I went to work in a shop where they said that two of the three
programmers there used DOW. I started using DOW and the other DOU guy
ended up leaving (this was just a symptom, not the reason). 

It is important for a site to maintain standards, and when they are not
maintained fewer and fewer man hours are spent on new code.

By the time I left the shop, I had written so many DOWs it was my habit
and, although I tried, I just couldn't switch back.

Chris Rehm             | You have to ask yourself, "How
Mr.AS400@ibm.net       | often can I afford to be unexpectedly 
                       | out of business?" 
Get Warped or Get Bent!| Then get an AS/400.
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