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=-2.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,a00006d3c4735d70 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2004-02-27 10:31:32 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news2.google.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.icl.net!proxad.net!usenet-fr.net!enst.fr!melchior!cuivre.fr.eu.org!melchior.frmug.org!not-for-mail From: "Alexandre E. Kopilovitch" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: left-to-right (was In-Out Parameters for functions) Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2004 21:29:54 +0300 (MSK) Organization: Cuivre, Argent, Or Message-ID: References: <3c0u3054mganvifajj3g6jealh07qoi1h7@4ax.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lovelace.ada-france.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: melchior.cuivre.fr.eu.org 1077906609 38697 212.85.156.195 (27 Feb 2004 18:30:09 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@melchior.cuivre.fr.eu.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2004 18:30:09 +0000 (UTC) To: comp.lang.ada@ada-france.org Return-Path: In-Reply-To: <3c0u3054mganvifajj3g6jealh07qoi1h7@4ax.com>; from "Dmitry A. Kazakov" at Fri, 27 Feb 2004 10:43:25 +0100 X-Mailer: Mail/@ [v2.44 MSDOS] X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new-20030616-p7 (Debian) at ada-france.org X-BeenThere: comp.lang.ada@ada-france.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.4 Precedence: list List-Id: "Gateway to the comp.lang.ada Usenet newsgroup" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:5908 Date: 2004-02-27T21:29:54+03:00 Dmitry A. Kazakov wrote: > Randy Brukardt gave one example. However I would like to stress that > optimization and implementation freedom is only one, though important > argument. Software design practice is no less important. Fixing order > not imposed by the semantics, and thus an arbitrary order, is that > sort of premature optimization Knuth wrote about. My concern is that > fixing an arbitrary order would bless bad software design in favor of > getting results now. As this concern of yours is somehow imprecise and vague, it will probably be hated by those software sergeants (and I think we have at least one here), who need definite rules for thinking and conclusive (or compelling) arguments always and everywhere. Alexander Kopilovitch aek@vib.usr.pu.ru Saint-Petersburg Russia