<div dir="ltr"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><span style="font-size:12.8px">The way I read the original note about recording the process, I took it to mean all the experiments, all the wrong turns, as well as the final "right" turn that resulted in the code as it is so far</span></blockquote><div>There is *so* much of note to unpack here!</div><div>It is unfortunate that most of the world tends to think of code as something that is _Correct_, with any bugs being, oh, flaws in this perfection.</div><div>Sadly, with the exception of the - very few - provably correct and optimal things out there, most of everything that we do consists of an exercise in multi-dimensional optimization across Requirements (conflicting, and differing, based on source), Deadlines, People (that you work with, that are involved, etc.), Access to resources, and so on and so forth.</div><div>So yes, for the *serious* practitioner, there are many many lessons to be learned in recording the process.  That said, I strongly suspect that most of these lessons are of the kind that are best imparted over copious quantities of wine...</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers</div><div><br></div><div>p.s. Or beer. Or Pepsi. Whatever...</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, May 2, 2016 at 8:40 PM, Raoul Duke <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:raould@gmail.com" target="_blank">raould@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><span class="">>> We just publish final code - but not the process involved to get to the<br>>> code.<br></span><span class="">> I am going to forward your message to a class because I think you're<br>> completely right.<br><br></span>The way I read the original note about recording the process, I took it to mean all the experiments, all the wrong turns, as well as the final "right" turn that resulted in the code as it is so far. While I can think of uses for such information, on the whole I think it is something mostly to be avoided. Mostly.<br><br><br></div>
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