Re: Runtime check : what about you ?

[tmoran@acm.org]

> that require a long intensive algorithm on a large 2-D array or
> something like that, for which turning off checking could easily make
> a huge difference.
    I've never in real life seen a difference that could be called "huge".
Although I grant that for some things, like a 2-D FFT on many images, I
call an optimized asm library routine (which has no checks).

    My current code runs a small PEG TV station, where nobody dies if the
time-and-temperature slide misses an update cycle, or a DVD is unreadable,
etc.  All Ada checks are on, and the handler logs, sends an email, or
sends a text message if there's a Minor ..  Significant unforeseen
problem.