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Controversial Ideas about Programming

• raganwald 18y ago
  > ``Methodology'' Is a Stupid Word > When you say that Extreme Programming or Waterfall are methodologies, you're wrong. They are software development processes. Possibly, you could call them methods. > Methodology is the study of methods.
  • pchristensen 18y ago
    Reg, glad to see you didn't give up HN too!
• sysop073 18y ago
  Half of these are just saying that concept X isn't new; so what? 15 amused me, I'm trying to picture my parents using LaTeX. And I'm completely confused by "It's not the best way, though maybe there are no better ways." Nothing better is the definition of best
  • bkudria 18y ago
    Really? What if there is something better, and just you don't know about it? Is what you have currently still the best? What if 'you' above is expanded to 'everyone'?
    • sysop073 18y ago
      Er. No, then it's not best, but I have no idea where this is coming from. This has nothing to do with whether or not you know it's the best or not
  • kleevr 18y ago
    What about two things being equal. Neither is better than the other or "best".
    • sysop073 18y ago
      They're both best, best doesn't have to be unique