Re: Error Feedback

[Joe Pluta <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Aaron Bartell wrote:
> Please remember that this is a very small fraction of the larger part of an
> application, so there really isn't doubling of the application but instead
> doubling of checking for valid data for each field.  And even then it is
> doubled from one method that takes seconds to longer which is also in the
> seconds to complete - really a non-issue if you ask me.
>   
Which is fine for one-off applications, but which adds significant 
amounts of time over the long haul.  Where does manual coding of edits 
become an expensive proposition?  Maybe the first time you forget one?  
Or the first time you miscode one?

Seriously, the argument that it "only takes seconds" is a pretty 
difficult one to justify to most managers.  Programmers say it, but it 
invariably takes longer.  In my experience, it never takes "seconds" to 
do any programming job, other than one that is automated by a tool.

But this has gone on way far enough.  It is easier to do with EGL.  It 
is faster.  There are fewer programming errors.  If none of that 
balances out your desire to do it by hand, than that's your choice.  Me, 
I think I'd use automated editing for simple maintenance programs and 
then use something closer to your design for complex applications.

Joe