Degrees of "works"

May 23, 2003 9:31 PM

Any confusion of a higher level with a lower level is a capital offence.

  1. Compiles on my machine
  2. Compiles
  3. Starts up on my machine
  4. Starts up
  5. Works on my machine
  6. Works
  7. Works acceptably

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Code Quality (thoughts on Degrees of "Works") from Rob@RojoTek on May 23, 2003 11:50 PM

Just saw this up on JavaBlogs. The scary thing is the number of people who check in code at Level 1 :(.... The next scary bit is how easy it is to think that you have something at a level... Read More

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By Simon on May 23, 2003 10:19 PM

0: My IDE's syntax checker isn't objecting...

By Alan Green on June 25, 2003 12:06 AM

8. Just Works

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