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,d89b08801f2aacae X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-05-02 09:13:35 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed1.cidera.com!Cidera!cyclone.socal.rr.com!cyclone3.kc.rr.com!news3.kc.rr.com!twister.socal.rr.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3CD165C0.C411700F@san.rr.com> From: Darren New X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.77 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Is strong typing worth the cost? References: <4519e058.0204290722.2189008@posting.google.com> <3CCE8523.6F2E721C@earthlink.net> <3CCEB246.9090009@worldnet.att.net> <3CCFD76A.A60BB9Organization: LJK Software Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Thu, 02 May 2002 16:12:26 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 66.75.151.160 X-Complaints-To: abuse@rr.com X-Trace: twister.socal.rr.com 1020355946 66.75.151.160 (Thu, 02 May 2002 09:12:26 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 02 May 2002 09:12:26 PDT Organization: RoadRunner - West Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:23418 Date: 2002-05-02T16:12:26+00:00 List-Id: Larry Kilgallen wrote: > I wonder whether there is such a thing as non-trivial run-once software. > There may be only one _production_ run, but amongst all the trials one > might have many many runs before the result achieves quality. I think you pretty much answered it yourself. You'd consider any program that runs right the first time to be trivial, yes? So by definition, no, there's no non-trivial program that only runs once. How about an SQL statement that takes an hour to reorganize the database in an application-specific way, but runs right the first time after spending half an hour writing the statement? > If I were given the assignment and was able to complete it, the final > source would at the very least be littered with historical comments > like "tried doubling the X value and the monster's fur looked like > concrete". Assuming, for example, that you're even using a programming language where you make changes that way. A lot of these types of languages are entirely visual, programmed primarily with the mouse. -- Darren New San Diego, CA, USA (PST). Cryptokeys on demand. The 90/10 rule of toothpaste: the last 10% of the tube lasts as long as the first 90%.