... You may find Stan Lippman's book, _The C++ Object Model_, to be useful. ===== -- Steve Swope technical manager, retail data warehouse Reynolds & Reynolds ...
Hello Ron, RJ> A method is just a function (or procedure) that takes the object as a RJ> hidden parameter. In class Foo we write a method bar(int mumble), and...
... Interesting responses, folks! Let me answer a few of the questions that have come up. ... It does have to work. But "work" is pretty loosely defined....
... That's a tricky question in a way. There has been more than one spike where we basicly asked ourselves if we really were going to throw the code away. A...
... I like to pretend that I don't intend to keep the code, because it relaxes me to try things that "couldn't possibly work". Then, sometimes, I keep the ...
... If your you interested in Java, the Java Virtual Machine Spec is the definitive source. Its available online at: http://java.sun.com/docs/books/vmspec/ --...
I like to convert the spikes into a series of unit tests. These, depending on the subject being spiked, may run alongside the regular unit tests, or, in the...
... Wouldn't it be a relief to find out how they code? What their code looks like? What practices they actually follow? What they're *like*? This is the *only*...
Thanks for the Perl example; I didn't know it worked that way! On the other hand, how else would it work... I second the recommendation of Stanley Lippman's...
... Even though it's off topic, I feel I need to talk a bit about these tactics, since I've now been on the other side of the hiring table a few too many...
... I'm just drawing conclusions from /your/ sayings, Ron, so I /must/ be right. :) Let me try it differently, then. I must have missed some key words. XP is...
... I like to say "Go slower to go faster." I say it to myself often, especially after a minute or so of typing at top speed. -- J. B. Rainsberger, Diaspar...
... I thought so. I hope my most recently previous message confirms that in Ron's mind. Experience tells me who gets the short end of the stick in disagreeing...
... You probably meant "using this program again". I find that with a simple, well decoupled, well tested design, opportunities for reusing *part of the code*...
... Well, if hanging out in O'Hare for five unexpected hours is "fun"... actually, it /was/ fun, chatting with folks returning to Toronto from a year in New...
... I like this. I would claim it to be impossible, anyway, truly to have practised the practices to the point where one does none of them anymore. I suppose...
... If the story is very, very simple, then yes; however, if many of your stories are that simple, then perhaps the story writers are doing too much design up...
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Interesting that the first thing I thought of when I read those messages was satellite trajectories... if you want a higher orbit, slow down and if you want a...
... Not necessarily. The sayings might be wrong, or your reading, or your logic, or ... ... I say again, this is where I get off the train. XP is not ability,...
... Those who continue in dialog always prosper. Those who withdraw get the short end of the stick. I hope my previous message confirms my concern about the...
... I believe that I see an aspect of the topic that I wasn't seeing before. I believe that you are assuming that if one has the ability to do XP, one /will/...
... So then XP is what one does, with the intent of delivering great software, after one has mastered the practices, /even/ if one delivers great software...
... But, of course! ... It does, doesn't it. ... I do believe you have. -- J. B. Rainsberger, Diaspar Software Services http://www.diasparsoftware.com :: +1...
... Even a blind pig finds an acorn once in a while. Therefore, how about this: XP is the exercise of the team's full skill set, informed and guided by the...
Hi Jonathan, ... We don't know perfectly how long it is going to take. We probably know more than nothing. Given the extent of what we know, and the limits...
Hi Adrian, ... What finally nudged you to try some of the practices despite your expectations? Dale -- Dale Emery -- Consultant -- Resistance as a Resource ...
Hi Robert, ... I'm wondering about that word "shortcut." In .NET, and maybe in earlier versions of Windows, you can't use Alt-Q as a shortcut. You can use Q...
