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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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Calling deprecated methods Eric Douglas <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> - 2017-12-12 08:09 -0800
  Re: Calling deprecated methods Kiwi User <martin@mydomain.invalid> - 2017-12-12 16:31 +0000
    Re: Calling deprecated methods Eric Douglas <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> - 2017-12-12 10:24 -0800
      Re: Calling deprecated methods Kiwi User <martin@mydomain.invalid> - 2017-12-12 20:05 +0000
        Re: Calling deprecated methods Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2017-12-12 15:41 -0500
          Re: Calling deprecated methods Kiwi User <martin@mydomain.invalid> - 2017-12-12 21:04 +0000
            Re: Calling deprecated methods Eric Douglas <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> - 2017-12-12 13:33 -0800
              Re: Calling deprecated methods Kiwi User <martin@mydomain.invalid> - 2017-12-12 22:41 +0000
                Re: Calling deprecated methods Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2017-12-12 17:57 -0500
                Re: Calling deprecated methods Eric Douglas <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> - 2017-12-13 04:51 -0800
                Re: Calling deprecated methods Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2017-12-13 08:21 -0500
                Re: Calling deprecated methods Eric Douglas <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> - 2017-12-13 05:40 -0800
                Re: Calling deprecated methods Kiwi User <martin@mydomain.invalid> - 2017-12-13 15:19 +0000
                Re: Calling deprecated methods Eric Douglas <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> - 2017-12-13 07:57 -0800
                Re: Calling deprecated methods Kiwi User <martin@mydomain.invalid> - 2017-12-13 17:30 +0000

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