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From: NKSW39B@prodigy.com (Matthew Givens)
Subject: Re: Any research putting c above ada?
Date: 1997/04/16
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clines@airmail.net (Kevin Cline) wrote:
>
>>I've always hated that level of "problems" discovered in code review.  

>>It's an integer, right?  Why put a type declaration around an integer?  

>>It seems to me that a code review is supposed to discover major errors 

>>that actually affect the functionality of the code.  Burdening the 
>>programmer with a lot of cosmetic alterations that don't change the 
>>functionality is self-defeating, IMHO.
>>
>
>Wow!  I'm not a big Ada fan, but I'm sure glad I don't have to maintain 
your
>code.  I would hate to have to go through it and figure out which fours 
needed
>to be changed to eights, and which needed to be left alone.

What does a type declaration have to do with changing a 4 to an 8?  
Constant values, being part of the algorythm, would be looked at.  But 
why force a type declaration that isn't needed to compile correctly?  
Also, on the 4 to 8 change you brought up, I usually use constants (such 
as max_trucks) set to the desired value (in this case 8) instead of the 
integer 8.  Why?  Easier to maintain, modify, and debug.

>
>
>>
>>And are written to a higher set of standards then, say, an accounting 
>>package. Take into account the different situations, please.
>>
>
>An accounting package that produced erroneous results could cost
>someone a lot of money.  The standards for commercial accounting 
packages
>are pretty high.

Hmmmmm, compare losing money to losing lives, and see which should have 
the higher standards.  I know what I would choose.

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