Re: Using Global Variables

[van-bc!ubc-cs!destroyer!caen!spool.mu.edu!umn.edu!The-Star.honeywell.com! saifr00.cfsat.honeywell.com!walls@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (Gerald Walls)]

In article <1992Sep22.121955.24424@sei.cmu.edu> firth@sei.cmu.edu (Robert Firth
) writes:
>In article <1992Sep21.205841.9148@saifr00.cfsat.honeywell.com> walls@saifr00.c
fsat.honeywell.com (Gerald Walls) writes:
>
>>not in real-time embedded applications where every upgrade
>>requires more and more functionality on the exact same hardware
>>the original program was written for years ago.  this is known
>>as "the real world."
>
>No, that is not the real world.  It is an artificial world created by
>an insane contracting and procurement system that has been designed to
>do everything except solve the real problem, and do it as expensively
>as possible.

no, it *is* real world.  it's not the procurement system as I do
commercial work.  I doubt that Boeing or any airline is going
to have the slightest urge to pay huge $$$$ to replace flight
computers on commercial airliners everytime a new software upgrade
is proposed.  to do so would be stupid.

you must realize that *real world* encompasses a hell of alot
more than mainframe and PC programming.  if you're doing that kind
of work then sure, buy the latest hardware.  now wait three years,
increase the program's functionality 50% and only be able to add
a limited amount of memory to the system and no processor upgrades.

welcome to a whole new real world.