My2Cents

What does an architect do?  This surely won’t be the last time this question is asked on this forum.  It is an important question, and somewhat hard to pin down; especially when one considers the many titles of a Software Architect.  There seems to be a general idea of what a software architect does, but many software managers don’t seem to believe the role is necessary, or even distinct:  “Can’t we just have one of our senior developers do that?”   Sure you can; If you have a senior developer who possesses those skills.

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I don’t know who originated this trick.  I first read about in in P.J. Plauger’s “Programming on Purpose”.  It was probably first used by assembly language programmer’s when 4-bit systems were common and memory was paltry.  Still, it can be handy in a tight loop even on a relative fast processor.

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