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- From: kossick@crl.com (Paul J. Kossick)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
- Subject: Re: "Avoid K&R" (says AOL)
- Date: 16 Jan 1996 17:03:49 -0800
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- Peter Seebach (seebs@solutions.solon.com) wrote:
- : I took the time to write the "author", and he responded. I can't quote
- : him verbatim from memory, but he explained that he hasn't had a chance to
- : review all of these documents, which he inherited. He affirmed his
- : due respect for K&R, and said he plans to fix this shortly...
-
- : So, don't be too harsh on him; we all inherit poorly written stuff.
-
- : -s
- : --
- : Peter Seebach - seebs@solon.com - Copyright 1995 Peter Seebach.
- : C/Unix proto-wizard -- C/Unix questions? Send mail for help. No, really!
- : Using trn? Weird new newsgroup problem? I know the fix! Email me!
- : The *other* C FAQ - ftp taniemarie.solon.com /pub/c/afq - Not A Flying Toy
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- Sounds like a stock answer to me. How long has that area been his
- responsibility? If you got an answer like that from someone working for
- you (i.e. blaming poor quality on someone else) how easy would you go on
- them?
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- Yes, we can inherit problems from our predecessors...but it's then up to
- us to solve them, rather than make excuses. This strategy of dealing
- with complaints resembles their tech service responses, i.e. "We know
- about the problem and we're working on it."
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