Redline the Vile wrote:
Really makes you wonder just who the hell they have hired to do their programing....A bunch of noob programers it appears...
er, not really. considering the size of EQ, and an unknown quantity of coders touching it, it's likely spaghetti. before anyone thinks i'm bashing them for such a thing please don't--i think we all know this kinda thing happens and there's more than one cause.
that's not an excuse, just the reality. in a perfect world, all code is clearly/germanely documented, the data-dictionaries always complete, and the change management log always updated.
i'm sure a good ol'refactoring project would be swell, but the costs vs returns aren't there i'd wager a guess.
otoh paw, feel free to tell me i'm speaking out of my ***--i don't do huge coding projects for a living, just small ones and then relatively limited; thankfully i can contract out to savvier folks for the bigger jobs.
*edited for mixed metaphors
Edited, Sat Jan 21 16:21:40 2006 by joev