[tech] temperature logging
Adrian Chadd
adrian at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au
Mon Jul 11 15:38:26 WST 2005
On Mon, Jul 11, 2005, David Basden wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 11, 2005 at 11:33:12AM +0800, Davyd Madeley wrote:
> > The first rule of engineering is to see what's already been engineered,
> > and use
> > it. This is awfully similar to the first axiom of programming "Good coders
> > code, Great coders reuse", which is also something that makes a lot of
> > UCCans
> > simply good coders.
>
> There is the other half of it of course. If you really want to
> understand how something works, implementing it from first
> principles is a pretty thorough way of doing so. I suspect in
> many cases, this is the intent of a lot of people around UCC.
I think its half-right. Coders code, good coders reuse, great coders
know what to reuse.
And yes, I'd hate UCC to become "plug in stuff we know works".
What fun is that?
Adrian
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