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Re: Methodologies for C programming

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On 12/31/2018 01:06 AM, luser droog wrote:
> A relevant quote from Freud might be: The worst form of superstition is
> to have no superstitions. I suspect the same may be true of methodologies.
> The may be various benefits or drawbacks to any particular one you may
> choose. But to have none at all sounds like a perfect recipe for disaster.

This will elicit howls I'm sure but I look at methodologies as training 
wheels. The Holy Grail has been to develop a technique which will yield 
clean, efficient, and error free code. The unstated part is that the 
technique will allow mediocre programmers to be effective.

This isn't to say methodologies are bad; use them, learn from them, and 
determine what works for you and/or your team. Don't become a True 
Believer blind to alternatives. Be familiar with them all. That way when 
the Next Greatest Thing appears you can say 'Yeah, I remember that one.'

After all, Freud's star pupil, Jung, eventually said 'What a pile of 
crap this is.' and went off on his own tangent.

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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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