[Info-vax] callable BACKUP example

[Dave Froble]

On 7/15/2021 12:06 PM, jimc... at gmail.com wrote:
> On Wednesday, July 14, 2021 at 3:58:01 PM UTC-7, Dave Froble wrote:
>
>> Only if you understand what you're using.
>
> They're orthogonal points.  Breaking cut-and-paste isn't going to make engineers more likely to do the right thing, and everyone deserves to be productive.
>

I'd agree.  I've used cut-n-paste many times.  I knew what the code did, 
I insured that it would be appropriate, and I tested to insure all that. 
  No sense re-typing what already exists, or can be easily modified for 
the task.

However, I've had the misfortune to observe a few people who didn't have 
a clue, and used cut-n-paste and didn't get anything meaningful 
accomplished.  Well, they did get to say "I worked on it", but things 
would have been better if they hadn't.

These experiences are why I mention that first a programmer must 
understand what is required, must understand what the source code 
actually does, and uses the source code to accomplish the intended task.

I know that I'm talking about incompetents, but, that is who really 
likes to use cut-n-paste.

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