RE: Weigh in on Fast400 . . . -- MIDRANGE-L

Scott,

You work for an enlightened employer, and I hope you appreciate how lucky
you are.  If we ever hire anyone (big if, due to risk of employees taking
legal actions against employers), I think we'll adopt the same approach.


Are you into collaborative programming?  As it turns out, I've used a "new"
concept called "Extreme programming" (http://www.xprogramming.com/index.htm)
since the late 80's.

<I have just learned of the plane crash, and the 170 pt. drop in the stock
market.  I was in the middle of an extremely intense project of working 12 -
18 hour days, on 9-11.  I have found that sometimes it's best to absorb
these kinds of events ~~~SLOWLY~~~.  Do as President Bush has suggested...
keep a vigilante eye, but continue on with life.>

To continue...  I can ASSURE you that collaborative programming DOES work.
I resorted to it because my shop faced the situation of both extremely tough
demands, and limited experience.  In the 90's, as our experience rose, and
our personnel shrank, I had to lean more towards the traditional model of
programming.


So let me know off-list, Scott, if you're interested in discussing a
collaboration.  My primary interest is in working on the methodology of this
process, rather than any particular project.

jt


"Have a GREAT day...!  And a BETTER ONE TOMORROW~~~:-)" (sm)



> -----Original Message-----
> From: midrange-l-admin@midrange.com
> [mailto:midrange-l-admin@midrange.com]On Behalf Of Scott Mildenberger
> Sent: Monday, November 12, 2001 9:58 AM
> To: 'midrange-l@midrange.com'
> Subject: RE: Weigh in on Fast400 . . .
>
>
> Tom,
>
> Why not is mainly the same reason people won't move to RPG IV, it's
> different and they don't want to strain their brain learning
> something new.
> Doesn't matter to me if others don't see the benefit as I will continue
> working down this path and will eventually win over some
> converts.  Here we
> are allowed to spend 4 hours a week working on whatever we want and I am
> currently designing an architecture to support this.  Once I complete that
> and start incorporating it into my applications then I can more easily
> demonstrate the benefits to others here.  All I know is that I will keep
> pushing the envelope here.
>
> Scott Mildenberger
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: thomas@inorbit.com [mailto:thomas@inorbit.com]
> > Sent: Friday, November 09, 2001 9:04 PM
> > To: midrange-l@midrange.com
> > Subject: RE: Weigh in on Fast400 . . .
> >
> >
> > Scott:
> >
> > Exactly right. Data queue client/server, sockets
> > client/server, whatever. It doesn't even have to be done all
> > at once, do it a program at a time if you want to. And it
> > isn't that difficult. Not enough response? Start a couple
> > additional server jobs. But as you said, we usually don't!
> >
> > Why not?
> >
> > Tom Liotta
> >
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