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Should I do that there, or post it here? Along with my programming
disciplines? :-) 

Well, with the amount emphasis you are putting on this it sounds like it
would be silly to leave it out.  If I were to read that list and see it as a
discipline I would think that entry to be very silly.

You are very forward thinking in many areas, but in this area you are not.
Using CPU cycles to enhance programmer productivity is a no-brainer IMO.
Like somebody else stated in this thread, a productive programmers time is
VERY expensive, and to make them wait for things that make not matter is
foolish.

Aaron Bartell
http://mowyourlawn.com

-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Trevor Perry
Sent: Monday, December 18, 2006 10:53 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: WDSC vs SEU RE: Saving the System i: Fight Rather Than Switch

Aaron,

I would be happy to add that if you wish. I would expect that if you
followed the others, this would fall into place.

On the other hand, all I said was: "Here is a longer list off the top of my
head". Midrange-L is not really the place where I provide the complete list
of all programming practices to which I subscribe.

Last year, I wrote a suggested developer roadmap and posted it to Angus
(http://www.angustheitchap.com/Angus/Roadmap.html). It was not complete -
just a starting point. And thinking about it now, I am planning on changing
it. Should I do that there, or post it here? Along with my programming
disciplines? :-)

Trevor



----- Original Message -----
From: "albartell" <albartell@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'" <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, December 18, 2006 10:43 AM
Subject: RE: WDSC vs SEU RE: Saving the System i: Fight Rather Than Switch


Trevor, in earlier conversation you relayed to us a list of disciplined
programming practices - all of which I agree with.  But you keep bringing 
up
this discipline of not compiling as much as one would like as being
undisciplined even though it didn't make it on your top 7 disciplines. 
????

Aaron Bartell

-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Trevor Perry
Sent: Monday, December 18, 2006 10:01 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: WDSC vs SEU RE: Saving the System i: Fight Rather Than Switch

Steve,

If you have ever heard a developer complain because their compile was too
slow, and then do something about it - like move it to another job queue, 
or
change its run priority, or (mistakenly) its timeslice, then IT has just
impacted the business. When users complain about the server being slow, 
and
programmers are placing a priority on their work higher than the users, 
then
IT has just impacted the business.

Sure, it happens less now we have more CPW. Good programming discipline
should (IMHO) ~not~ be about "more power = sloppier programming". Yet it
does.

Trevor


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