Re: [Boost-users] BoostCon/C++Now! Talk: How I Code and Why

On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 1:45 PM, Chris Cleeland wrote:

On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 3:54 AM, Robert Jones wrote:

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I feel quite tempted to put forward my experience nugget as 'code slowly', but that might not be the most career-advancing suggestion!

:) Maybe a better way to phrase it would be to borrow the old carpenter's mantra of "measure twice, cut once" ?

Ah, the beauty of language! They do as much to divide us to unite us. My broader point, obviously very badly made, was the more subtle suggestion that sometimes the wisdom and behaviour learnt from real experience, while valid and valuable, may be at odds with the more superficial, less informed behaviours that we are 'required' to champion. To say that is not particularly to criticise any or all organisations, merely to recognise that group wisdom, aka mob rule, is necessarily the product of the lowest common denominator of experience. I'll get my coat. - Rob.