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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,db5c6b2ef47d4b9e X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-06-26 08:48:23 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!paloalto-snf1.gtei.net!crtntx1-snh1.gtei.net!nycmny1-snh1.gtei.net!cambridge1-snf1.gtei.net!news.gtei.net!bos-service1.ext.raytheon.com!bos-service2.ext.raytheon.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3B38AEC4.675F53FB@ftw.rsc.raytheon.com> From: Wes Groleau X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.75 [en] (WinNT; U) X-Accept-Language: en,es,fr,pt MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: short-circuit control forms References: <3B30F836.D700DAA3@raytheon.com> <3B312260.728686B5@boeing.com> <5ee5b646.0106221258.601d2bce@posting.google.com> <3B33CD82.328E3182@boeing.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2001 10:48:20 -0500 NNTP-Posting-Host: 151.168.144.162 X-Complaints-To: news@ext.ray.com X-Trace: bos-service2.ext.raytheon.com 993570502 151.168.144.162 (Tue, 26 Jun 2001 11:48:22 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2001 11:48:22 EDT Organization: Raytheon Company Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:9121 Date: 2001-06-26T10:48:20-05:00 List-Id: > that seems to have no bearing on the subject under discussion. The post > that I was replying to described coders changing working Ada, which > implies that the software is already fast enough, because they believe > that short circuit forms are universally faster, without any evidence > that their beliefs are true. To change working software in a manner To be more specific, this is "working Ada" for which size is more of an issue than execution speed. That changes a lot, doesn't it? -- Wes Groleau http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~wgroleau