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Subject:Re: Quick and dirty indexes From:Richard Mateosian <srm -at- C2 -dot- ORG> Date:Sat, 23 Mar 1996 22:22:46 -0800
>Wouldn't you cringe if a programmer approached you and
>requested a recommendation for some "quick and dirty" software
>that would simply scan the program and create documentation for it?!!
No, I wouldn't.
There are many situations in which that would be really helpful. And at
least it would always be up to date. I can think of a lot of situations in
which that would be more important than a whole lot of other criteria.
Getting back to the original subject, even a concordance is better than no
index. ...RM
Richard Mateosian Freelance Technical Writer
srm -at- c2 -dot- org Copyright 1996 Review Editor, IEEE Micro http://www.c2.org/~srm/ All rights reserved President, Berkeley STC
