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Re: Methodologies for C programming

From rbowman <bowman@montana.com>
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Subject Re: Methodologies for C programming
Date 2018-12-30 16:48 -0700
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On 12/30/2018 01:39 PM, luser droog wrote:
> I'm still getting the hang of this methodology and struggling somewhat
> to put it in to practice (for various personal reasons which are
> unrelated to the technique itself). But it's sound. It's supported
> by many of the CS gurus, especially Dijkstra. For more detaills, I
> recommend his chapter in Dahl, Dijkstra, Hoare, "Structured Programming".
>

It's more often used to refer to finding your way through a thicket of 
intertwined classes in OOP but I remember someone referring to 'yo-yo 
programming'. You do a little top down until you get bored, then a 
little bottom up, and hopefully they meet in the middle.

There is a danger to the methodology in large projects. The overall 
structure is determined after months of endless meetings, equipped with 
flow charts, UML diagrams, and so forth before a line of code is written.

Finally coding starts and everyone soon realizes it's a hot mess. 
However there is so much ego involvement in the design process that it 
can't be abandoned so you slap on bandaids and tourniquets and hope for 
the best.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Hoare

There is a nice quote from Tony Hoare on that page. Methodologies have
come and gone over the years but seldom have achieved the desired results.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_development_process

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Methodologies for C programming Thiago Adams <thiago.adams@gmail.com> - 2018-12-07 05:15 -0800
  Re: Methodologies for C programming Malcolm McLean <malcolm.arthur.mclean@gmail.com> - 2018-12-07 05:38 -0800
    Re: Methodologies for C programming Thiago Adams <thiago.adams@gmail.com> - 2018-12-07 07:57 -0800
      Re: Methodologies for C programming David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2018-12-07 18:05 +0100
  Re: Methodologies for C programming Thiago Adams <thiago.adams@gmail.com> - 2018-12-07 08:08 -0800
  Re: Methodologies for C programming William Ahern <william@25thandClement.com> - 2018-12-07 10:08 -0800
    Re: Methodologies for C programming Thiago Adams <thiago.adams@gmail.com> - 2018-12-07 10:23 -0800
  Re: Methodologies for C programming Wouter Verhelst <w@uter.be> - 2018-12-07 22:04 +0100
  Re: Methodologies for C programming Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2018-12-08 10:46 +1300
    Re: Methodologies for C programming Thiago Adams <thiago.adams@gmail.com> - 2018-12-08 02:27 -0800
      Re: Methodologies for C programming Thiago Adams <thiago.adams@gmail.com> - 2018-12-08 10:35 -0800
        Re: Methodologies for C programming Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2018-12-09 08:22 +0000
  Re: Methodologies for C programming fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2018-12-09 14:40 -0800
  Re: Methodologies for C programming "Pascal J. Bourguignon" <pjb@informatimago.com> - 2018-12-27 13:17 +0100
    Re: Methodologies for C programming "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2018-12-27 08:12 -0500
    Re: Methodologies for C programming Thiago Adams <thiago.adams@gmail.com> - 2018-12-27 07:54 -0800
      Re: Methodologies for C programming Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2018-12-27 11:32 -0500
      Re: Methodologies for C programming fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2018-12-27 09:22 -0800
  Re: Methodologies for C programming jacobnavia <jacob@jacob.remcomp.fr> - 2018-12-27 19:54 +0100
    Re: Methodologies for C programming Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2018-12-27 17:54 -0500
      Re: Methodologies for C programming fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2018-12-27 16:24 -0800
        Re: Methodologies for C programming Chad <cdalten@gmail.com> - 2018-12-27 17:57 -0800
        Re: Methodologies for C programming Chad <cdalten@gmail.com> - 2018-12-27 17:58 -0800
          Re: Methodologies for C programming rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2018-12-27 21:34 -0700
            Re: Methodologies for C programming Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2018-12-27 21:27 -0800
              Re: Methodologies for C programming rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2018-12-28 08:30 -0700
                Re: Methodologies for C programming Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2018-12-28 12:15 -0800
                Re: Methodologies for C programming rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2018-12-28 20:42 -0700
                Re: Methodologies for C programming Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2018-12-29 09:26 -0800
                Re: Methodologies for C programming rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2018-12-29 13:50 -0700
  Re: Methodologies for C programming luser droog <luser.droog@gmail.com> - 2018-12-30 12:39 -0800
    Re: Methodologies for C programming fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2018-12-30 14:00 -0800
      Re: Methodologies for C programming fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2018-12-30 14:18 -0800
    Re: Methodologies for C programming rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2018-12-30 16:48 -0700
      Re: Methodologies for C programming luser droog <luser.droog@gmail.com> - 2018-12-31 00:06 -0800
        Re: Methodologies for C programming fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2018-12-31 02:34 -0800
        Re: Methodologies for C programming Malcolm McLean <malcolm.arthur.mclean@gmail.com> - 2018-12-31 05:13 -0800
        Re: Methodologies for C programming rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2018-12-31 12:44 -0700
      Re: Methodologies for C programming Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2019-01-01 16:01 -0800
      Re: Methodologies for C programming Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2019-01-01 16:23 -0800
    Re: Methodologies for C programming Malcolm McLean <malcolm.arthur.mclean@gmail.com> - 2018-12-31 05:08 -0800
      Re: Methodologies for C programming Ike Naar <ike@iceland.freeshell.org> - 2018-12-31 17:32 +0000
        Re: Methodologies for C programming Malcolm McLean <malcolm.arthur.mclean@gmail.com> - 2018-12-31 14:13 -0800
  Re: Methodologies for C programming Thiago Adams <thiago.adams@gmail.com> - 2019-01-02 02:48 -0800

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