Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!weretis.net!feeder4.news.weretis.net!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!mx04.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Eric Sosman Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: proper use of .java files (layout) Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2012 21:11:20 -0500 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 27 Message-ID: References: <41e38b5a-2aa7-43a4-9bc8-87e0eb4a977c@googlegroups.com> <50d1136a$0$290$14726298@news.sunsite.dk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2012 02:11:24 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: mx04.eternal-september.org; posting-host="ffb8f7085759b339c1002252b48331a4"; logging-data="5994"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX195Fe1E9Im5L7/x5GmB/4Bg" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:17.0) Gecko/17.0 Thunderbird/17.0 In-Reply-To: <50d1136a$0$290$14726298@news.sunsite.dk> Cancel-Lock: sha1:DNtK4DSEf1WdZXhxfKC/r9GlEeg= Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.java.programmer:20507 On 12/18/2012 8:07 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote: > On 12/18/2012 11:07 AM, Eric Sosman wrote: >> On 12/18/2012 10:05 AM, lipska the kat wrote: >>> On 18/12/12 14:32, infinitum3d@hotmail.com wrote: >>> >>>> I'm not exactly sure what card game I will be programming at this time. >>> >>> I suggest you start writing some code >> >> He doesn't know what he wants to do, yet your advice is >> "start writing some code?" > > If we are talking about a real project that is going to end up > with XXX KLOC, then start coding would be pointless. On the contrary: If your goal is to accumulate KLOC so you can boast about them at your salary review, you should *never* waste time in design! > But for a beginner wanting to learn programming and Java, then > start coding may actually be a fine advice. He who is aimless can never miss. -- Eric Sosman esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid