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Posted by Peter Fox on 06/13/06 07:04
Following on from Jerry Stuckle's message. . .
>Peter Fox wrote:
>> Following on from Jerry Stuckle's message. . .
>>
>>> Of course, the "best one" is one specifically written to meet your
>>> friend's needs.
>>>
>> Umm. Not necessarily.
>>
>
>Oh, definitely. A custom program is *always* the "best" - because it can fit
>the customer's needs *exactly* without any excess baggage. But it may not
>always be the most *practical*.
>
So it's late. It's full of bugs. It's not documented and supported on
a poke 'n hope basis. The user's needs were neither understood nor
articulated by the user and only 'sort-of' implemented by the
programmer. Is that what you mean by "best"?
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