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- From: drake@Autodesk.COM (Dan Drake)
- Newsgroups: comp.software-eng
- Subject: Re: Author-less inspections (was: Software Inspections. How many does it take?)
- Message-ID: <18194@autodesk.COM>
- Date: 21 Dec 92 18:21:45 GMT
- References: <BzEqpI.5yp@NeoSoft.com+
- Organization: Autodesk Inc., Sausalito CA, USA
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- claird@NeoSoft.com (Cameron Laird) writes:
- + I have no experience with reviews in which the
- + author(s) is (are) *not* present, but I like
- + the idea; is there anyone who can report on how
- + that works in practice?
- +
- + My attraction to this has nothing to do with
- + "ego"; I just want to have the documents stand
- + on their own, without the explanations that the
- + author(s) inevitably carri(es).
-
- I haven't tried this either, but the author's presence could be put to
- good use here:
-
- If the author explains a piece of the code, the person taking notes
- marks this piece of code as inadequately documented. Of course, on
- reflection it may turn out that the code is not inadequately documented,
- but just a poor piece of design; either way, you've spotted something
- that needs correction.
-
- --
- Dan Drake Therefore, send not to know for whom the bell tolls;
- drake@Autodesk.com It tolls for Them.
-