You're absolutely right, there are differences between situations. I absolutely, positively know that.
But I'm saying, when you're measuring quality objectively, it just doesn't matter. What matters is the thing itself. The created object. The outcome.
I'm not simply incorrect—I'm simply correct. My argument has the constraint of simplicity. It is defining the basic existence of a thing which we know exists, namely Quality. When you add complexity, yes, the definition is no longer sufficient to describe the entire process; but I'm not claiming that perfect code and perfect coders are possible in reality. I'm saying: start with simple and true definitions so you understand what quality is by itself, so that once you add situations and reality to it you can still try to achieve something close to "good." It is a matter of scope.
This isn't an argument. Quality exists. Defining it is hard, yes, but it's not impossible to understand that one thing can be better than another by many measures, and we say that thing has higher Quality.
Read "Zen and the art of Motorcycle Maintenance," it'll twist your brain up some more.
What you're going to say next is of course that you're right and that devolving into silly philosophical arguments doesn't mean anything to real-world work, so yes, I guess I'll agree with that.
But I'm saying, when you're measuring quality objectively, it just doesn't matter. What matters is the thing itself. The created object. The outcome.
I'm not simply incorrect—I'm simply correct. My argument has the constraint of simplicity. It is defining the basic existence of a thing which we know exists, namely Quality. When you add complexity, yes, the definition is no longer sufficient to describe the entire process; but I'm not claiming that perfect code and perfect coders are possible in reality. I'm saying: start with simple and true definitions so you understand what quality is by itself, so that once you add situations and reality to it you can still try to achieve something close to "good." It is a matter of scope.
This isn't an argument. Quality exists. Defining it is hard, yes, but it's not impossible to understand that one thing can be better than another by many measures, and we say that thing has higher Quality.
Read "Zen and the art of Motorcycle Maintenance," it'll twist your brain up some more.
What you're going to say next is of course that you're right and that devolving into silly philosophical arguments doesn't mean anything to real-world work, so yes, I guess I'll agree with that.