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[David McFarlane]

Caleb,

>David,
>
>Thank you so much for your advice!  My programming tends to lean 
>toward your "Hierarchy of Goals".  I agree that 1-3 of most value to 
>any scientist, but achieving these goals should still never fully 
>negate goals 4 and 5.  This is because goals 4 and 5 could 
>necessarily lead to future achievement of goals 1-3!  It is for this 
>reason that I posted on this group in the first place.
>
>I want to make a final comment on your "dAccuracyDisplay" 
>reply.  When you talk about separating the "how much" from the 
>"why", you mean to say that this is good practice, correct?

"Good practice" is a litlte stronger than I meant.  I only meant that 
in many cases it helps to separate the concepts, and I felt this 
might be one of those cases.  The rest of your comments still follow 
well.  Programming is very much an "art", and requires a fair amount 
of judgment and sometimes even imagination, and as in a good story, 
different storytelling styles may each have different benefits and 
shortcomings.

>   This is good practice because it allows you to think more lucidly 
> within the moment.  For example, if the code representing these 
> concepts were muddled/mixed, then it might be more difficult to 
> change/diagnose any problems that arise from said code.  However, 
> if these codes were separate, it makes it easier to pinpoint the 
> problem.  If this is correct, then I understand what you 
> mean.  Writing code is like writing a story, you have an 
> object/character that has a goal.  The code itself is how the 
> character achieves that goal.  Therefore, writing good code is like 
> writing a clear, easy-to-understand story.  Although it can be 
> achieved, it just takes practice and diligence.
>
>Thank you,
>
>Caleb

-- David McFarlane, Professional Faultfinder

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