>>If you suggest reading another book, why did you write your article in the first place ???

>Because you'll gain great insite into many things that aren't covered in my standards document and why some things are listed in my document. Code Complete is a teriffic language neutral book about coding standards and how to code better. I put my standards on my web site as a place for people to start when developing their own specific VFP standards.

While it could be a good book, how does it in any way validate your coding standard. By only saying you've adapted the standard, there might be giant leap to your interpretation to the VFP language. The book does not describes language specific items, so it certainly is not a basis for VFP specific claims you make here.

>>This is a very poor defense if you'd ask me. Even now your explaination is silly. If you refer to a book than at least tell us what coding rule is found in the book, on what page or chapter, and a brief explaination about the reasoning of the author.

>That's not the job of a coding standard. Standards should be easy to read and digest so that you can get to the job at hand. They shouldn't be cluttered with additional information that does not pertain to doing the coding in a clear, easily maintaned manner.

Then don't make claims that aren't true or incomplete. Esspecially those about when to use a certain VFP command or performance thing while at the least it is not complete and in most cases it is just false. While somthing could be easy to digest, how do you know if you're digesting the right stuff. If you're making claims, pleas provide it in a form which is easy to digest but DOES provide background information that is correct.

You might say that it is your preference but that does not give you the right to make false or unfounded statements.

>Again...Your opinion...and again you failed to read the second paragraph of my article and the line that I've now posted twice in this thread. As for Code Complete, it got 4 1/2 stars in 128 reviews on Amazon.com, so I'm definately not alone in my opinion on it.

Your paragraph:

These standards are based on years of developing Visual FoxPro applications and learning what coding techniques work best. Also, many concepts from Code Complete (Microsoft Press, ISBN 1-55615-484-4) by Steve McConnell have been adapted. This book is considered one of the premier guides on coding practices. You may not agree with these standards, and that's ok. These have worked well for me

Well I've read this paragraph. Even now you're terribly incomplete, if you refer to something I did not read then please tell me what I did not read in the first place. Now I'm stumped again to what you're referring to....

I've taken into account that this is YOUR personal preference, and I've explained that this is really a very poor defense.

I really get the idea you don't want to read my criticism and you're the one who does not read carefully. If you open your mind to what I'm saying you'll see what I'm getting at....

Walter,