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RE: [higgins-dev] Java 5, going once...
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+1. I am not a developer, just a spec'er (lowest form of techie life ;-),
but I'm for anything that makes life better for developers as ultimately it
benefits users.
=Drummond
> -----Original Message-----
> From: higgins-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:higgins-dev-
> bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Markus Sabadello
> Sent: Sunday, November 30, 2008 2:03 PM
> To: Higgins (Trust Framework) Project developer discussions
> Subject: Re: [higgins-dev] Java 5, going once...
>
> If life is easier for developers, developers produce fewer bugs.
> If there are fewer bugs, life is also easier for users.
>
> Therefore, making life easier for developers also makes life easier for
> users :D
>
> Markus
>
> On Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 7:35 PM, Eric Norman <ejnorman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> >
> > On Nov 29, 2008, at 5:10 PM, Tom Doman wrote:
> >
> >> Those are the big three and indeed they make life for developers
> simpler.
> >>
> >> Tony, why do you not agree that these make life simpler? Or is it just
> a
> >> matter of detailing Java 5 features for those who haven't done
> development
> >> using Java 4 followed by 5?
> >
> > Paul's response to the effect that Higgins is conservative about
> > upgrading to more recent version of things is comforting. And I
> > have no reason to doubt that this is the policy.
> >
> > Nevertheless, comments such as the above are somewhat disquieting.
> >
> > Simplifying life for developers is not the goal; simplifying life
> > for users is. Here's another rule of thumb I'll suggest. Make
> > sure that you will never have to tell any user "upgrade to version
> > ??? of ???".
> >
> > I'm not making any accusations here. I'm just being a bit of a nag
> > with what I hope is a friendly reminder. I definitely have heard
> > the above "solution" elsewhere.
> >
> > Eric Norman
> >
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