Re: Did I write a good (efficient) program?

On Tue, 01 Apr 2008 16:04:49 GMT, "Michael Mattias"
<mmattias@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

>>>1. Does it work?
>>>2. Is it *relatively* efficient?
>>>3. Is it maintainable?
>>>
>>>You need a "yes" answer to all three questions to have well-written
code.
>>
>> Of course, the industry has changed considerably - which has changed
>> how we grade these.
>
>I don't about "industry" but I have always weighed 'maintainability'
very, 
>very heavily: When was the last time you saw a program which NEVER was 
>upgraded/enhanced/changed?

I weigh it heavily as well - the atomic size of our components
changes.    When maintenance can be done by pulling out one module and
plugging in another, we get an "A" by making that module easy to
access and replace.     Actually fixing that part isn't as im****tant
as it once was.   

This process of change is at least as old as interchangeable parts in
the industrial revolution.