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- From: admerlev@sundae.triumf.ca ( Arnd Merlevede )
- Newsgroups: news.software.nn
- Subject: Re: Why is NN so common?
- Date: 7 Nov 1992 00:50:45 GMT
- Organization: The University of British Columbia
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- References: <BxAuIy.4qJ@ie.utoronto.ca> <a_rubin.721076130@dn66>
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- Keywords: poor design
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- a_rubin@dsg4.dse.beckman.com (Arthur Rubin) writes:
-
- >In <BxAuIy.4qJ@ie.utoronto.ca> green@ie.utoronto.ca (Marc Green) writes:
-
- >>'ve recent switched to a machine that uses nn and am stunned at what poorly
- >>designed piece of software it is. It violates just about every human factors
- >>principle in software design (consistency, dialog closure, smooth error
- >>handling, etc). And of course, the documentation is a joke.
-
- >>The only good thing about it is that it serves as a source of wonderful
- >>examples for my software engineering course on how not to design systems.
-
- >>Why is this damned thing so common?
- Make a better one ! and stop complaining. Constructive criticizm
- welcomed.
- Arnd
-
-
- >Because it's fast? Because it's better than rn :-)? I CAN say that its
- >man page(?) is better than that of rn.
- >
- >--
- >Arthur L. Rubin: a_rubin@dsg4.dse.beckman.com (work) Beckman Instruments/Brea
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- >My opinions are my own, and do not represent those of my employer.
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- Any replies appreciated to : Arnd.Merlevede@cipy.e-technik.uni-erlangen.de
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