G=F6khan SEVER wrote:
> "After 35 years in this industry there are times I despair for its future.
> How can mere
> humans cope with million-line-plus programs? Is firmware quality an
> oxymoron? Will
> engineering jobs migrate at light speed around the world in pursuit of
> lowest possible
> costs?"

Modern software development is about managing complexity. You cope with a =

million-line-plus program the same way you cope with a  5k-line program: on=
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piece at a time. Take a bunch of small pieces (nuts, bolts, valves, =

pistons), and use them to create a single logical unit (engine). Put severa=
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of these logical units to form even larger units (powertrain). Understand =

and utilize the concepts of loose coupling and tight cohesion. Refactor, =

refactor, refactor.

I have mixed feelings about this Jack Ganssle guy. Many of his ideas are =

valid. However, I'm very suspicious of his promise to "double your team's =

productivity" by means of a one-day seminar. I mean, what if your team is =

already operating at or near its peak efficiency?

Two books that I highly recommend to anyone doing programming for a living, =

are "Code Complete" and "Refactoring".

Vitaliy =


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