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Documentation is so important. The problem with documentation is that engineers don't seem to understand it's benefits. I think one reason is that so much of th
by billytetrud 5y ago
Documentation is so important. The problem with documentation is that engineers don't seem to understand it's benefits. I think one reason is that so much of the documentation out there is so poor quality that engineers think documentation can't be good quality.
- cudgy 5y agoDing ding ding ... you summarized most of the reasons why but your conclusion is wrong. What does not and likely cannot exist is not important.
- billytetrud 5y ago??? What do you mean "what does not and likely cannot exist" ?
- eaa 5y agoYou are right! You said just what David Parnas keeps saying. People don't know what or how to document because they weren't taught to do it. It's not common knowledge. One has to dig into reading books and papers just to get the idea that it is possible.