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=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,81cf52699486abe7 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: Preben Randhol Subject: Re: Ada95 Strengths/Weaknesses. Date: 1999/09/28 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 530365192 References: <37EED7B8.245C0054@yukyonline.co.yuky> <37EF9B98.7F817CC0@pwfl.com> <7sqb4r$15d$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <7sqmk6$1ck3@drn.newsguy.com> X-Complaints-To: usenet@itea.ntnu.no X-Trace: kopp.stud.ntnu.no 938539538 7779 129.241.83.82 (28 Sep 1999 17:25:38 GMT) Organization: ProgramVareVerkstedet NNTP-Posting-Date: 28 Sep 1999 17:25:38 GMT Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 1999-09-28T17:25:38+00:00 List-Id: bill@yy writes: | seriously, one of the biggest problems I see is that many | programmers do NOT read the code. They try something, it failes, jump | into the debugger, set up a test, buy new hardware, hire more testers, | run a profiler, etc.. they do all that, except actualy EXAMINE the code ! If you look at serious corporations were the safety of the code is crucial (or at least have priority) you will find this proof reading. If you however look at corporations like Microsoft etc... it is doubtfully that they do. | How often do you see a programmer make a printout of their code, and | go ask another programmer to code review the code with them? How often | do you a programmer print their own code and look at it? I mean really | look at it? After starting to read my own code, I was amazed of how many bugs you can spot. I think somewhere between 60 to 80% would be a fair estimate*, at least that is my experience. * This is however depended on that the language _is_ "readable" -- Preben Randhol [randhol@pvv.org] [http://www.pvv.org/~randhol/] "If you had just boarded an airliner and discovered that your team of programmers had been responsible for the flight control software, how many of you would disembark immediately?" -- unknown