RE: Standards and Egos (was RE: ILE Propoganda)

["Stone, Brad V (TC)" <bvstone@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

That's what I was trying to squeeze out of this thread.  You need to define
what you mean by "standards" before ranting about them, good or bad.
Otherwise these types of discussions are futile.

Brad

> No, but if I decide to put my studs 16 inches on centre and 
> he decides that
> he prefers 12 or 20...
> 
> The main thing that I try to consider when I hear "should we 
> make this a
> standard?" is "is this a fairly trivial decision that really 
> should be made
> once and then followed for a long time?"  Examples of trivial 
> decisions:
> o What indicator to assign to the Help key
> o Do we name work/copy variables wrkCustName or custNameWrk?
> o Do we pass "return" parameters first in the list or last 
>    (inpCustNumber: outCustName: outCustCity) vs.
>    (outCustName: outCustCity: inpCustName)
> 
> Important decisions that don't readily fall under an 
> "everybody do this"
> dictum:
> o What programming language to use
> o How many lines of code are allowed in a procedure
> o How far to normalise the database
> 
> I would _never_ insist that people on my team (if I ever get 
> one...) use the
> same editor or typing techniques or brainstorming methodology 
> or...  They
> can and should be encouraged to do the Real Work the way they 
> want.  They
> simply shouldn't think that assigning a specific indicator is 
> Real Work.
> 
> Buck 
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