swngnmonk,
Perhaps you received the type of feedback you were looking for. On the other hand, you might feel like those that have replied have missed the point. This has happened to me in the past. I find that many monks spend less time reading what it is you have to say than they do on the code example you include. If you don't pick exactly the right example, things spiral out of control.

I think you might have done better by not including any code at all. I was hoping for this in fact. Your meditation seems to boil down to dragonchild's current signature:

My criteria for good software:

Cheers - L~R

In reply to Re: Why programming is so much more than writing code by Limbic~Region
in thread Why programming is so much more than writing code by swngnmonk

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