12-26-2011, 02:57 AM
The reason I use copy paste is when I don't have a clear idea of what the final outcome will be, and that's only when working with other people's concepts.
For example, I'm copy pasting some code in my local version of mcserver because there's slight changes and I'm not sure what the final outcome will be of what variables would be passed through to the function because I don't know 100% of all the other factors pertaining to it.
Top-down design only works when you're starting something new, it's not possible to know every single outcome and parameter when it's pre-existing until you know it, and then you can set it up exactly.
Hope this makes sense.
For example, I'm copy pasting some code in my local version of mcserver because there's slight changes and I'm not sure what the final outcome will be of what variables would be passed through to the function because I don't know 100% of all the other factors pertaining to it.
Top-down design only works when you're starting something new, it's not possible to know every single outcome and parameter when it's pre-existing until you know it, and then you can set it up exactly.
Hope this makes sense.