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From: cramer@optilink.UUCP (Clayton Cramer)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c,comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: Standards
Message-ID: <734@optilink.UUCP>
Date: 21 Dec 88 21:55:03 GMT
References: <3229@ingr.UUCP. <253@athertn.Atherton.COM. <3245@ingr.com.. <10024@rpp386.Dallas.TX.US.
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In article <10024@rpp386.Dallas.TX.US., jfh@rpp386.Dallas.TX.US (The Beach Bum) writes:
. In article <3245@ingr.com.. crossgl@ingr.UUCP (Gordon Cross) writes:
. .Well, well.  At last I've learned something new!!  I wonder how many MILLIONS
. .OF DOLLARS (of your money as well as mine) the government is spending on this
. .stuff.  Think about the savings if the government would just keep their hands
. .out of the pot and let the defense contractors deliver the finished product!!
. 
. The purpose of coding standards is to SAVE money.  The development
. phase is ends when the product is finished.  After that, the product
. must be maintained.  It is hoped that consistent coding standards will
. save money in the maintenance phase.
. 
. Please read `The Mythical Man Month' if you have any more questions.
. -- 

Or even work on one real world project, with real world quality
software engineers.


-- 
Clayton E. Cramer
{pyramid,pixar,tekbspa}!optilink!cramer          (Note new path!)