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- From: peter@ferranti.com (peter da silva)
- Subject: Re: What is Object Oriented Programming? Is C doomed?
- Message-ID: <id.RJ3W.CPI@ferranti.com>
- Organization: Xenix Support, FICC
- References: <1992Dec17.194300.25301@ucc.su.OZ.AU> <id.IDYV.8C9@ferranti.com> <1992Dec23.085942.29270@ucc.su.OZ.AU>
- Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 17:06:40 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec23.085942.29270@ucc.su.OZ.AU> maxtal@extro.ucc.su.OZ.AU (John MAX Skaller) writes:
- > >Examples? When I have a lot of tedious coding, I generally write a
- > >program to write the program for me.
-
- > Even with the best tools, say a DBMS, you still
- > have to type in the field names, lengths, valididty
- > conditions etc. After you'vr done this sort of thing 20
- > times before, there is no design to do, you know how to
- > do it, you just have to get stuck into it and do it.
-
- That's not programming any more. That's data entry.
-
- > Incidentally, you mentioned if you have
- > lots of coding to do you write a program to write the program.
- > This is a great idea, but one want to avoid too much
- > time spent on the program the customer isnt paying for.
-
- If the program the customer is paying for is small or random enough that
- a canned solution won't work, and a custom generator isn't cost-effective,
- then you're stuck. I'm not sure how you could get into a situation like
- that after the first couple of jobs: you did say this was stuff you'd done
- bunches of times before... then you should already have something close
- to the generator you need in your pocket.
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