[Elecraft] Software modifications

[Jim Lowman]

I'm a big fan of open-source software but, as a software 
developer/supervisor with more than 30 years experience, I think it's 
worthwhile to know the big picture before messing with software that 
another developer wrote.
Sometimes it's not obvious why a segment of code exists.

And yes, I've rewritten others' software before, because it was easier 
to do that than to try to maintain it.

73 de Jim - AD6CW

On 8/19/2014 12:57 PM, Fred Jensen wrote:
> Leaving the military in 1972, I supported my family in control system, 
> communications, and software engineering, mainly for the military.  In 
> due time I started leading more than one project at a time.  Since the 
> open-source discussion came up on the list, I've combed my memory of 
> all those projects past.  So far, I cannot come up with a single 
> programmer [later "software engineer"] who, at least once, did *not* 
> come to me and say, "The code's a mess, best thing to do is rewrite 
> all of it."
>
> I'll let everyone know if I remember one. :-))
>
> 73,
>
> Fred K6DGW
> - Northern California Contest Club
> - CU in the 2014 Cal QSO Party 4-5 Oct 2014
> - www.cqp.org