Re: Translating an embedded C algorithm

["Björn Persson" <spam-away@nowhere.nil>]

Cesar Rabak wrote:

> Bj�rn Persson escreveu:
>> Cesar Rabak wrote:
>> 
>>> C has case statements as well.
>> 
>> The switch statement is utterly broken (so to speak). I prefer not to use
>> it. I suppose my code contains slightly more "==" because of this.
>> 
> The problem with people prefering or not certain things is exactly this!
> You are on the 'not use it [C case statements], and a lot of developers
> in 'not use Ada at all'...

Huh?

Dmitry guessed that Ada programmers' use of case statements contributes to
comparisons against constants with the equality operator being less
frequent in Ada code than in C code. You objected, saying "C has case
statements as well." You thereby implied that the use of case statements
cannot contribute to any such difference in frequency. I provided a counter
example, explaining how I don't use the switch statement even though it
exists, and how this causes a my C code to contain more equality operators.

Now my not using switch statements is somehow a problem to you? Why is that,
and what does it have to do with how frequently equality operators are
used?

Do you perchance try to use as many different things as you possibly can,
just so that you'll be able to say that there is nothing in the word that
you prefer not to use?

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