[bip] Writing Code that Doesn't Suck

[Christopher Lee]

Sure.  I wasn't suggesting that code review should happen before a  
piece of new software is widely used.  Code reviewers will be best  
positioned to provide deeper insight (e.g. usability) if they have  
used the software extensively themselves...

-- Chris

On Sep 26, 2007, at 1:30 PM, Titus Brown wrote:

> On Mon, Sep 24, 2007 at 08:59:54PM -0700, Christopher Lee wrote:
> -> All good points.  I'd like to suggest another consideration: code
> -> review.
>
> You might note that I didn't comment on this in the revised article.
>
> So, yes and no.
>
> Absolutely YES, I think code review is very important.
>
> I don't think it's something to suggest that people do before they
> release their first version, however.  It seems like a steep "release
> curve" to me.
>
> However, I hope that people will jump on new software announced in
> bip and start trying to use it, which is a kind of distributed code
> review... ;)
>
> cheers,
> --titus
>
> p.s. more on pygr code review anon.