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From: David Starner <dvdeug@x8b4e53cd.dhcp.okstate.edu>
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Subject: Re: naval systems
Date: 3 Mar 2002 05:21:02 GMT
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On Fri, 1 Mar 2002 17:22:08 GMT, Jeffrey Carter <jeffrey.carter@boeing.com> wrote:
> David Starner wrote:
> [...]
> 
> No, a few seconds difference in compiling large source files does not
> matter.
> 
>> 
>> You keep trying to add a handicap. The interesting question is time from
>> submitting the sources to getting a binary; any features is a whole
>> different question.
> 
> No, the interesting question is the confidence you have in the resulting
> executable. 

An answer of a sophist. The few seconds difference was on compiling the
null program; the large source file took 6 minutes longer. And while
the reliability of the program is important, it's not the only question,
or Dewar wouldn't still be telling us how fast his COBOL compiler was.

-- 
David Starner - starner@okstate.edu
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