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From: wbrooks@hertz.elee.calpoly.edu (Bill Brooks)
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Subject: Re: Should internet support software be written in Ada?
Date: 17 Mar 1995 00:24:51 GMT
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In article <2F5B780E@SMTPGATE2.STRATCOM.AF.MIL>,
Bennett, Chip (KTR) ~U <BennettC@J64.STRATCOM.AF.MIL> wrote:
>  [...stuff deleted..]
>
>Point 2:  I going to make a huge leap here and assume that httpd is written
>in C.  [...stuff deleted..]
> Comments?
>
>Chip Bennett

Yep. Here's a representative sample of the code that comes with NCSA's
httpd (everything including the formatting is from the original):
----------------------- start paste --------------------------
     */
    if (strchr(mapname,'/')) {
      strcpy(conf,getenv("PATH_TRANSLATED"));
      goto openconf;
    }
    
    if ((fp = fopen(CONF_FILE, "r")) == NULL)
        servererr(strcat("Couldn't open configuration file:", CONF_FILE));

    while(!(getline(input,MAXLINE,fp))) {
        char confname[MAXLINE];
        if((input[0] == '#') || (!input[0]))
            continue;
        for(i=0;isname(input[i]) && (input[i] != ':');i++)
            confname[i] = input[i];
        confname[i] = '\0';
        if(!strcmp(confname,mapname))
            goto found;
     }
-----------------------  end paste  ---------------------------
In the rich tradition of discussing good software engineering practices in
c.l.a(regardless of language) I'll ask: is this good coding style?
Keep in mind that this code was written under the auspices of one of
the top 5 schools in CS in the United States.



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