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Re: Calling deprecated methods

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On Tue, 12 Dec 2017 15:41:40 -0500, Eric Sosman wrote:

>      Bear in mind that Java 9 was originally scheduled for 2016,
> then postponed to 2017 Spring, then 2017 Summer, and finally to 2017
> Autumn, more than a year later than planned.[*]
>
Then they had plenty of time to get it right, didn't they.

> Resistance to the Project Jigsaw changes can be blamed for only part of
> the delay;
>
Sure, but I wasn't really taking aim at Oracle: I have little doubt that
they'll have reasonable regression test coverage and will maintain that
regression test suite.

In the past I've seen far too many sets of local library support functions that
 had no documentation, test harnesses or regression test data and was
suggesting that devs in general should not go there.

This was common in the past when we didn't know any better, but now we do.
However, it wouldn't surprise me that many PHBs (who are probably MBAs) still
consider test harnesses and regression testing to be a waste
of time.

> [*] A colleague once explained his method for making sense of
> software project time estimates.  An estimate always consists of two
> parts: A quantity and a time unit, like "two weeks" or "six months."  My
> colleague would start by doubling the quantity, then continue by bumping
> the time unit up by one step.  Thus, the examples above would be
> understood as "four months" and "twelve years."  ;)
>
... good to see there are no cynics round here.


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  Re: Calling deprecated methods Eric Douglas <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> (Eric Douglas) - 2017-12-12 10:24 +1200
    Re: Calling deprecated methods Kiwi User <martin@mydomain.invalid> (Kiwi User) - 2017-12-12 20:05 +1200
      Re: Calling deprecated methods Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> (Eric Sosman) - 2017-12-12 15:41 +1200
        Re: Calling deprecated methods Kiwi User <martin@mydomain.invalid> (Kiwi User) - 2017-12-12 21:04 +1200
          Re: Calling deprecated methods Eric Douglas <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> (Eric Douglas) - 2017-12-12 13:33 +1200
            Re: Calling deprecated methods Kiwi User <martin@mydomain.invalid> (Kiwi User) - 2017-12-12 22:41 +1200
              Re: Calling deprecated methods Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> (Eric Sosman) - 2017-12-12 17:57 +1200
                Re: Calling deprecated methods Eric Douglas <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> (Eric Douglas) - 2017-12-13 04:51 +1200
                Re: Calling deprecated methods Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> (Eric Sosman) - 2017-12-13 08:21 +1200
                Re: Calling deprecated methods Eric Douglas <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> (Eric Douglas) - 2017-12-13 05:40 +1200
                Re: Calling deprecated methods Kiwi User <martin@mydomain.invalid> (Kiwi User) - 2017-12-13 15:19 +1200
                Re: Calling deprecated methods Eric Douglas <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> (Eric Douglas) - 2017-12-13 07:57 +1200
                Re: Calling deprecated methods Kiwi User <martin@mydomain.invalid> (Kiwi User) - 2017-12-13 17:30 +1200
                Re: Calling deprecated methods Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2017-12-15 22:31 -0500
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