Re: The joy of FORTRAN

On Sun, 6 Oct 2024 11:38:07 +0200, D wrote:

On Sun, 6 Oct 2024, rbowman wrote:
 

I've worked closely with a couple of clients but in general it's not a
good idea to let programmers talk to the clients. Programmers don't
have very good filters.
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I never had any problems, but on the other hand, perhaps I either was
lucky to never work with any madmen, or I'm a good judge of character.
 
All programmers I've worked with, except one, were generally very nice
people, and the ones who had no interest in being involved in the
commercial side, I would obviously not drag in front of the customer.

Nice has little to do with it. If the salesman is blowing a little smoke a
programmer might inadvertently let the cat out of the bag. It's even worse
if there is also a programmer from the client's company in the meeting and
they start sharing notes.