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Feb
01

Standard Programs vs. Standard Macros

Katja Glass
01/Feb/2012 08:00

Personally I cannot understand discussions about creating standard programs or standard macros. I could only imagine very rare situations where standard programs will make more sense than standard macros.

Categories: Standards, Statistical Programming
Tags: Macros, Standards, System Development

Oct
01

Specifications - less is more but not enough

Katja Glass
01/Oct/2011 07:10

Specifications are everywhere. Datasets are specified, reports are specified, systems are specified and we all have to deal with the specifications. Often enough we have to create them on our own. But how to make good specifications? Less is more, but is it still enough? What level of detail will fit our requirements?