Re: IBM pushing Java

[PaulMmn <PaulMmn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>but, but, but,  I always get rid of old code.  Well, almost always; if I
>am not really sure of the >ramifications, I leave the old code there,
>commented out just in case...  If you've seen it in code then it >must be
>more than just me that does that?


Our company's standards -insist- that the old code be commented out and
left in place, noted with the Assigned Task Number so everyone knows when
the code was changed.

It makes some programs almost impossible to read.

This is in spite of the fact that our Change Management System tracks 5
previous versions.  Of course, this doesn't help when a program is 'fixed'
5 times the same week and flushes out all previous versions.

--Paul E Musselman
PaulMmn@ix.netcom.com


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