From: Robert Dewar <robert_dewar@my-deja.com>
Subject: Re: generic package dilemma
Date: 1999/11/23
Date: 1999-11-23T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <81cs5f$v45$1@nnrp1.deja.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 1999Nov22.163234.1@eisner
In article <1999Nov22.163234.1@eisner>,
Kilgallen@eisner.decus.org.nospam wrote:
> No, because this only applies to code that will be ported.
>
> Larry Kilgallen
I disagree for several reasons:
1. Being sure that code will not be ported is a bit like the
COBOL programmers back in the 60's and 70's being sure that
their code would not still be running at Y2K.
2. Even if you are not porting to different systems, new
versions of compilers may have differing behaviors.
3. Any maintenance activity may cause worst case elaboration
problems to mysteriously appear.
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Thread overview: 44+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1999-11-17 0:00 generic package dilemma Riyaz Mansoor
1999-11-17 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1999-11-17 0:00 ` Mats Weber
1999-11-17 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1999-11-18 0:00 ` Mats Weber
1999-11-18 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1999-11-19 0:00 ` Mats Weber
1999-11-19 0:00 ` Vladimir Olensky
1999-11-19 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1999-11-19 0:00 ` Mats Weber
1999-11-22 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-11-22 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1999-11-23 0:00 ` Robert Dewar [this message]
1999-11-22 0:00 ` Mats Weber
1999-11-22 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1999-11-23 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-12-01 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
1999-12-01 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
1999-11-22 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1999-11-23 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-11-29 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1999-12-01 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-12-01 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1999-12-02 0:00 ` Mats Weber
1999-12-03 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-12-03 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
1999-12-04 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-12-03 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1999-12-06 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-11-22 0:00 ` Mats Weber
1999-11-22 0:00 ` Bryce Bardin
1999-11-23 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-11-19 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-11-19 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
1999-11-22 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-11-22 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1999-11-19 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1999-11-20 0:00 ` Mats Weber
1999-11-18 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1999-11-18 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1999-11-19 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-11-18 0:00 ` Riyaz Mansoor
1999-11-19 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-11-19 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
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