[indiana-discuss] scope

[Keith Bierman]

On Aug 9, 2007, at 8:46 AM, Shawn Walker wrote:

>
> While I understand your viewpoint, I think there has to be a better
> compromise than letting developers "get away with murder"

We aren't their nannies or parents. No one thanks us for slapping  
them on the wrists.  We've tried it many times, in many ways. It's  
not a technical issue, no amount of cleverness about how to slap them  
on the wrists solves the innate problems.

1) You slap the wrong person. The script author is typically not the  
person getting the warning, or error. The poor victim just wanted to  
run the software. Lesson for the victim, don't use the platform that  
doesn't work.

2) Even if it's the right person, it's typically the wrong time. They  
wanted help writing correct code when they were authoring, not when  
they are deploying.

etc.


Keith H. Bierman    keith.bierman at Sun.COM   |  khbkhb at gmail.com
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