From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.2 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,4873305131bf4d94 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 109fba,4873305131bf4d94 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: 1014db,4873305131bf4d94 X-Google-Attributes: gid1014db,public From: "Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz" Subject: Re: Porting Experiences (was Ada and Pascal etc ) Date: 1997/11/07 Message-ID: <34638433.31EE@gsg.eds.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 287731489 References: <34557f2b.1934172@news.mindspring.com> <345BB35E.4488@dynamite.com.au> <63ftj9$r9g@bgtnsc02.worldnet.att.net> <345E3ACD.A15@gsg.eds.com> <63mcmm$r3s$1@helios.crest.nt.com> <345F95D0.3984@gsg.eds.com> <63omr0$put@bgtnsc02.worldnet.att.net> <34610614.33AC@gsg.eds.com> <878836086snz@genesis.demon.co.uk> <63uron$hqo$5@route1.mdrf.france3.fr> Reply-To: nospam@gsg.eds.com Organization: EDS MS Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++ Date: 1997-11-07T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Boyd Roberts wrote: > > >In article <34610614.33AC@gsg.eds.com> nospam@gsg.eds.com "Seymour J." writes: > >Second, if you are using a modern > >assembler with a decent macro processor, the assembler code is likely to > >be more maintainable than C code as well (yes, I know that it won't be > >as tight as hand coded one-for-one, but that doesn't bother me.) > > Third, if you are using a plugboard with a decent diagram the wiring > is likely be more maintainable than assembler as well (yes, I know that > it won't be a total rats-nest as hand plugged one-for-one, but that > doesn't bother me). ROTF,LMAO! Have you evere wired a plug board? Have you written any macros using a powerfull macro assembler? I go back to the plugboard days, and even with good documentation (which means a *lot* more than a diagram) they're not easy to change. Even one-for-one assembler code is more maintainable than a plug board. As to rats'-nests, the worst rats' nests that I've seen have been BAIC and C programs. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz Senior Software SE The values in from and reply-to are for the benefit of spammers: reply to domain eds.com, user msustys1.smetz or to domain gsg.eds.com, user smetz. Do not reply to spamtrap@library.lspace.org