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Well, iterative prototyping, as a way to capture and later verify specification, is not bad per se, but requires discipline and is much easier to do with a RAD tool (wich have fallen out of vogue; my favorite is Prolific's Panther, BTW) than essentialy 3G language, OO or not, as Java.
I'm all for iterative prototyping, but there is a difference between that and code-and-fix, which is clearly what was being described to me by the user. And it's pretty clear that "discipline" was a four letter word to this developer. Oh, and you can add to the list that he'd "fix" the data for the users in the database when the program's calculations messed up and then didn't fix the program. And they wondered why their data was so messed up after he was fired.
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-Jeff
Rome did not create a great empire by having meetings; they did it by killing all those who opposed them.