Re: Invade wikipedia!

["(see below)" <yaldnif.w@blueyonder.co.uk>]

On 25/02/2009 08:05, in article ygeab8bvt3s.fsf@sparre-andersen.dk, "Jacob
Sparre Andersen" <sparre@nbi.dk> wrote:

> Bill wrote:
>> Martin wrote:
> 
>>> Sorry my made up example doesn't cut mustard! Does this make it any
>>> clearer? :-)
>>> 
>>> ------------------------
>>> -- Calculate_Velocity --
>>> ------------------------
>>> 
>>> procedure Calculate_Velocity
>>>              (Speed    :     Meters_Per_Second;
>>>               Time     :     Seconds;
>>>               Velocity : out Meters_Per_Second_Per_Second);
>> 
>> Nope!
>> The reason why is left as an exercise for the student. 8-)
> 
> I'm not really a student any more, but now that the students have had
> their chance ...
> 
> There are several problems with this:
> 
>  + The subroutine doesn't do what its name says it does (physicists
>    see this easily).

Yup.
 
>  + Comments are inherently dangerous (since they are not checked by
>    the compiler).

And again.

-- 
Bill Findlay
<surname><forename> chez blueyonder.co.uk