[lug] Software Projects as well....

[D. Stimits]

Tom Tromey wrote:
> 
> >>>>> "Scott" == Scott A Herod <herod at interact-tv.com> writes:
> 
> Scott> The code and design of these projects make me cringe in horror.
> Scott> ( So does perl but that's a separate issue. )  Are these things the
> Scott> future of software development or an aberration?
> 
> Quality varies in free software too.

In the case of proprietary code, sucky design usually means handing it
off to a junior programmer to fix problems that the real programmers
cringe at. Bad design isn't limited to open source, but you'll see vocal
comments about open source problems.

D. Stimits, stimits at idcomm.com

> 
> There is plenty of ugly code to be seen.  Last time I looked at the
> perl source, it certainly qualified.  But then so does libbfd, other
> parts of gdb, parts of gcc, etc.
> 
> At the high end is something like Tcl.  The Tcl source is really quite
> excellent.  It's worth looking at even if you dislike Tcl itself.
> 
> In the end I think the differences come down to the maintainers and
> the culture surrounding the particular project.
> 
> Tom
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