On Fri, 26 Jul 1996, Franco wrote: > You're not giving enough credit to the coding aspect. If > coding is a means to an end, the end is worthless without the means. > If you think that the creativity is more important, put yourself in > the situation: > > You have a great idea. Since you know squat about C, you turn > to your trusty co-imp to create it. You suddenly realize, after talking > to your co-imp, that he (or she) does not fully grasp the concept which > you are trying to relate. What do you do? > > A) Spend 48 email messages and extra 60 hours of frusteration > while trying to tell him (or her) this is not what you want. > Have an end result that is still not what you wanted. > > B) Compromise your idea. Give your coding co-imp the green light > to do what he (or she) _THINKS_ you mean. Since VERY few people > think alike, you probably won't get what you wanted, or you will > resort to selection A. > > C) Learn to code yourself and cure this problem, plus all similar > problems like this that _WILL_ arise in the future? > > Hmm....You go figure it out for yourself.... > > > Franco Or, sometimes there is D, when the guy with the ideas walks 12 houses up the block and says "Hey, that ain't it." And smacks you around a bit. But this is the stuff you gotta put up with when only two people are working on a mud. :) +-----------------------------------------------------------+ | Ensure that you have read the CircleMUD Mailing List FAQ: | | http://cspo.queensu.ca/~fletcher/Circle/list_faq.html | +-----------------------------------------------------------+
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