Re: Reversing errors is trivial?

Subject: Re: Reversing errors is trivial?
From: John Posada <john -at- TDANDW -dot- COM>
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1998 11:39:00 -0500

> All of a sudden programmers are the "great communicators" and how they mean
> something is automatically the exact way you interpret it ?

> I don't see "alot of programming effort" equal to "too much of a pain". Alot
> of programming effort is alot of time, alot of cost, alot of impact. They're
> used to that. To them, dealing with tech writers is too much of a pain.

With that, I wish everyone on the list a happy a healthy holiday and i ask that
u try not to respond or post too many list message while under the
influence...it is ddifult enough for those already in that condison to
understand the normal messages.

John Posada



> >>>>Making users your priority may very well mean the unlimited
> undo is
> >>>>not an option.
>
> The programmers did not talk about memory, network or anything
> like that.
>
> They said : "It would take alot of programming effort"
>
> I agree that the real world has constraints and those
> constraints are valid reasons for making compromises but not doing
> something only because it is hard is not a good reason.
>
> If they had said: "we don't have enough time" or any other
> reasons, that would have been fine but not a reason like "It's too much
> of a pain".
>

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