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=1.1 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_40,INVALID_DATE autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!igor!rutabaga!jls From: jls@rutabaga.Rational.COM (Jim Showalter) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Pre-condition vs. Post-condition Keywords: pre-condition, post-condition, exception Message-ID: Date: 21 Mar 91 03:01:38 GMT References: <344@platypus.uofs.edu> <2865@sparko.gwu.edu> <97779@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> <311@nic.cerf.net> <2891@sparko.gwu.edu> Sender: news@Rational.COM List-Id: >Some bit-fiddlers have argued that the latter is slightly more efficient, BIT FIDDLER!?!?!? BIT FIDDLER!?!?!?!? Stab me in the heart and TWIST THE KNIFE, why don't you? Sheesh. Of all the low blows over the years, this has GOT to take the cake. I realize I made an argument based on efficiency, but I assure you that was a momentary lapse. I've been accused of over-abstraction before, but never bit fiddling. I HATE bits--if there was a way to run software without hardware I'd jump at it. I'm a software architect, software process and methodology consultant, and OO/Ada trainer. Efficiency is about 96th on my list of concerns: I generally tell people the way to improve performance is to bid faster hardware, not worry about this or that register allocation word alignment or whatever. Bit fiddler. Sheesh. -- ***** DISCLAIMER: The opinions expressed herein are my own. Duh. Like you'd ever be able to find a company (or, for that matter, very many people) with opinions like mine. -- "When I want your opinion, I'll read it in your entrails."