Dave McGuire wrote: > This is tickling a vague and disturbing memory. Maybe nine years > ago, someone on the classiccmp list loudly made the absurd assertion > that "only 5% of software development is writing code". I responded > by stating that that person would never, ever work for me. Was that > you? > > -Dave > > If it was meant to be writing new code I would agree with it (5% of software development). Because most of the time is spent in the maintenance of software.
But, I personally think the water fall design model http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterfall_model is NOT the best method of design. I have found Iterative and incremental development model(s) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iterative_and_incremental_development to work better. Almost no open source software is done using water fall design model; I believe the main cause of contention is that all design specs are not done ahead of time as is done in the water fall design model. Tim S ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Sdcc-user mailing list Sdcc-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sdcc-user
