Re: Is Ingres yet relational?
From: Leandro Guimaraens Faria Corsetti Dutra <leandro_at_dutra.fastmail.fm>
Date: Mon, 31 May 2004 12:39:24 -0300
Message-ID: <pan.2004.05.31.15.39.24.377688_at_dutra.fastmail.fm>
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> A poor excuse for lazyness. Most code is unuseful without good
> documentation, specially when the code was written in archaic and
> criptic low level languages like C.
>
> Yes, it is a good practice to publish the source code when a product
> is abandoned.
Date: Mon, 31 May 2004 12:39:24 -0300
Message-ID: <pan.2004.05.31.15.39.24.377688_at_dutra.fastmail.fm>
Em Mon, 31 May 2004 14:55:08 +0000, Alfredo Novoa escreveu:
>> Free software programmers tend to say the best documentation >>is source code.
>
> A poor excuse for lazyness. Most code is unuseful without good
> documentation, specially when the code was written in archaic and
> criptic low level languages like C.
Comments go a long way towards documentation.
>> Indeed. But there are quite a few instances when this last >>resource is needed.
>
> Yes, it is a good practice to publish the source code when a product
> is abandoned.
Or when faced with competition from a deep-pocketed, unpunished, convicted monopolist...
But that's OT already.
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