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<LI><em>From</em>: <A HREF="mailto:ApplePiMan#aol,com">ApplePiMan#aol,com</A></LI>
<LI><em>Date</em>: Tue, 3 Nov 1998 20:32:03 EST</LI>
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At 11/3/98 4:43 AM Robert Woods (rwoods#honors,unr.edu) altered the
fabric of reality by uttering:
[documenting code]
>Well, there are two ways to accomplish it. One is to require that any code
>submitted for approval must be well-documented. This will be a pain for the
>"benevolent dictator" to moderate, because he/she must then check all code
>to make sure it is documented, and must send back code, no matter how good
>or necessary, for documentation.
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>Another possibility is to have a few people whose job is primarily to look
>at and document code. These people would be given the code and would review
>it, doing whatever documentation is necessary. If they have any questions,
>they bug the programmer. Of course, these people must be familiar with
>programming, and if they're able to understand what's going on with the
>code, they would be better used in MAKING code.
I think that might be arguable... <g> I, for one, could follow and
document code that was far more complex than any I could write. Mind you,
I'm not arguing we should adopt this method; but some of us who are not
first-rate coders could probably be as effectively employed that way as
in writing fresh code.
>A third option, although difficult, is to brainwash programmers..."I want to
>make well-documented code." Of course, one would think that people trying
>to work on a project such as this would already have that ingrained...or at
>least we would hope.
I think trusting coders to document their own code is our best bet. But
if documentation of certain areas is not "up to snuff", throw the code at
those, like me, who are marginally productive in producing new stuff and
let us have a go at it.
-Rick.
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Rick Buck, President and CEO <<A HREF="mailto:rlb#big-i,com">mailto:rlb#big-i,com</A>>
Beyond Infinity Games, Inc.
See you in The Metaverse! <<A HREF="http://www.big-i.com">http://www.big-i.com</A>>
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00710" HREF="msg00710.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: My vision for DevMUD</A></strong>,
Robert Woods <a href="mailto:rwoods#honors,unr.edu">rwoods#honors,unr.edu</a>, Tue 03 Nov 1998, 10:35 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00711" HREF="msg00711.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: My vision for DevMUD</A></strong>,
Thandor <a href="mailto:thandor#donut,dhis.org">thandor#donut,dhis.org</a>, Tue 03 Nov 1998, 11:36 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00720" HREF="msg00720.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: My vision for DevMUD</A></strong>,
Jon A. Lambert <a href="mailto:jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com">jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com</a>, Tue 03 Nov 1998, 19:13 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00732" HREF="msg00732.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: My vision for DevMUD</A></strong>,
Caliban Tiresias Darklock <a href="mailto:caliban#darklock,com">caliban#darklock,com</a>, Tue 03 Nov 1998, 23:25 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00736" HREF="msg00736.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: My vision for DevMUD</A></strong>,
ApplePiMan <a href="mailto:ApplePiMan#aol,com">ApplePiMan#aol,com</a>, Wed 04 Nov 1998, 01:37 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00737" HREF="msg00737.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: My vision for DevMUD</A></strong>,
ApplePiMan <a href="mailto:ApplePiMan#aol,com">ApplePiMan#aol,com</a>, Wed 04 Nov 1998, 02:27 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00744" HREF="msg00744.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: My vision for DevMUD</A></strong>,
Jon A. Lambert <a href="mailto:jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com">jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com</a>, Wed 04 Nov 1998, 04:48 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00747" HREF="msg00747.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: My vision for DevMUD</A></strong>,
Hal Black <a href="mailto:hal#moos,ml.org">hal#moos,ml.org</a>, Wed 04 Nov 1998, 05:39 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00738" HREF="msg00738.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: My vision for DevMUD</A></strong>,
ApplePiMan <a href="mailto:ApplePiMan#aol,com">ApplePiMan#aol,com</a>, Wed 04 Nov 1998, 02:40 GMT
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