> ...My former boss had this on his whiteboard:
>
> 1. Make it work.
> 2. Make it work fast.
> 3. Only then make it pretty.
Yes, those seem to be sensible priorities, and I usually proceed in that order. That works as long as you do the programming for internal use of the company. Unfortunately, for commercial applications, the "make it pretty" part often seems to be more important...
I don't like this, but I can't blame people when they try to make things pretty - especially for commercial applications.
Hilmar.
Difference in opinions hath cost many millions of lives: for instance, whether flesh be bread, or bread be flesh; whether whistling be a vice or a virtue; whether it be better to kiss a post, or throw it into the fire... (from Gulliver's Travels)
