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If one designs well from scratch, yes, but in the world we live in, legacy has to be managed, and yes, bad decisions early on eat up the budget later. That is why logisitics is the heart of management. Not all managers are good logisticians. Trains run on available fuel down previously constructed tracks. Armies fight on their stomachs. Women marry for property but pick their reproductive mates for their genetics. Programmers, as a result, often have to wait late in life to have children. :-) Sometimes we have to code to the environment that chooses us. len -----Original Message----- From: Mike Haarman [mailto:mhaarma@s...] On Fri, 9 Aug 2002, Bullard, Claude L (Len) wrote: > So programming skill comes down to toilet training. Or finding efficient ways to appear housebroken.<grin/> Pointedly, the programming task is to manage complexity efficiently, not to eliminate an irreducible, inherent inefficiency. Note that the savings from halving the number of pots is eaten up by the necessity of an occasional extra car.
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