Re: Learning from Python: PEPping the PHP Development Process

On Fri, 27 Aug 2004, Hartmut Holzgraefe wrote: > Christian Stocker wrote: > > Actually, other people i talk to are always impressed, how this > > "chaotic", based-on-common-agreement developement process actually works > > at all ;) > > Well, one reason might be no matter how fuzzy the process > there are some very clear metrics for the result, like > e.g. "compiles", "passes tests" or, a little more fuzzy > but still rather fact-based, "works". And you can apply > all these to different scales of changes. Combine this > with the fact that the effort needed to implement changes > does not include any noticable cost of creating a copy > first and you'll find that creating software is very > different to other forms of science, engineering and > art. We have some of this in our EXTENSIONS file in CVS. regards, Derick -- Derick Rethans http://derickrethans.nl | http://ez.no | http://xdebug.org