22 Mar
2013
22 Mar
'13
2:32 p.m.
Hi Bill, On 03/22/2013 03:19 PM, Bill Meahan wrote:
What we would need is a specification for: [snip]
In 45+ years of programming[1] it has never ceased to amaze me how the wheel has to be reinvented for every new system whether language, macro package or whatever. Why do it again? Why not adopt some documentation system that is already widely-used and for which infrastructure and knowledge of use is already in place?
I do not want to dig into the documentation discussion (I have no time for that), but your reply did make me want to respond to the analogy. In fact, I have a return question for the "Why reinvent the wheel?" : Why do bicycles not come equipped with tractor wheels? Best wishes, Taco