From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,577df5d4a0e88785 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2000-12-15 13:36:54 PST Path: supernews.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!news.infoave.net!cyclone-sjo1.usenetserver.com!news-out.usenetserver.com!newshub2.rdc1.sfba.home.com!news.home.com!news1.frmt1.sfba.home.com.POSTED!not-for-mail From: tmoran@acm.org Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Bad coding standards References: <1elo8l3.coy4nxb5upaqN%claveman@inetworld.net> X-Newsreader: Tom's custom newsreader Message-ID: Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 21:36:53 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.20.190.201 X-Complaints-To: abuse@home.net X-Trace: news1.frmt1.sfba.home.com 976916213 24.20.190.201 (Fri, 15 Dec 2000 13:36:53 PST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 13:36:53 PST Organization: Excite@Home - The Leader in Broadband http://home.com/faster Xref: supernews.google.com comp.lang.ada:3184 Date: 2000-12-15T21:36:53+00:00 List-Id: >None of this helps much when porting code. The browsers I'm familiar >with don't work until something fully compilable is into the environ- >ment. If you have compilation problem during the port, the search for >identifiers can be painful. What happens when a new release of the compiler has a bug that causes your large system to no longer compile, so you can't use your fancy browser to go through and change your code.