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=-0.4 required=5.0 tests=AC_FROM_MANY_DOTS,BAYES_00 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,2353cc2ebdf8fc4a X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-03-06 20:40:38 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!news-x2.support.nl!newspeer.clara.net!news.clara.net!psiuk-p2!psiuk-p3!uknet!psiuk-n!news.pace.co.uk!nh.pace.co.uk!not-for-mail From: "Marin David Condic" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: [OT] Gibson's vision of computer languajes Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2002 13:27:37 -0500 Organization: Posted on a server owned by Pace Micro Technology plc Message-ID: References: <3C84057E.8020504@users.sf.net> <3C8503D9.30209@users.sf.net> <3C85AA9A.7050201@users.sf.net> <3C8651EF.40104@home.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: dhcp-200-133.miami.pace.co.uk X-Trace: nh.pace.co.uk 1015439258 2829 136.170.200.133 (6 Mar 2002 18:27:38 GMT) X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@news.cam.pace.co.uk NNTP-Posting-Date: 6 Mar 2002 18:27:38 GMT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:20888 Date: 2002-03-06T18:27:38+00:00 List-Id: "Warren W. Gay VE3WWG" wrote in message news:3C8651EF.40104@home.com... > > Caveat: I am not saying that you never have to be concerned about CPU budgets > in certain applications. But in the run-of-the-mill PC desktop case, it often > is the least of your concern outside of semi-realtime media based programming. > All engineering is about tradeoffs. Agonizing over CPU cycles is occasionally important, but usually not. Spending time optimizing CPU cycles at the expense of optimizing other things when you've got more than enough CPU cycles to do the job is not focusing on the mission. It can be entertaining, but it doesn't move the mission forward. It can even be moving the mission backward. Its important to remember that when selecting the tools to do a job - hence my preference for Ada in most cases. It makes good tradeoffs between speed, safety, reliability, ease of implementation, etc. MDC -- Marin David Condic Senior Software Engineer Pace Micro Technology Americas www.pacemicro.com Enabling the digital revolution e-Mail: marin.condic@pacemicro.com Web: http://www.mcondic.com/