Code layout and debugging time

[Jamie Bowden]

On 22 Apr 2003, Gary W. Swearingen wrote:

> I think the whole scheme was a response to a DOD requirement for using a
> PDL to specify the detailed design -- a "product" for one of the big
> steps of the waterfall software development process.  I think the was
> something like one line of code per hour.  Sounds grotesque, but it
> seemed to work; we turned out a HUGE Unix-based software suite more-or-
> less on time, with few bugs, and had a happy customer.  Of course, I'm
> sure it was a bit more expensive than most other software projects.

So the secret to building software that doesn't suck is designing it and
then building it to spec with the necessary funding and/or time.

Who'd'a thunk it?

Jamie Bowden

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