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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,7eaf9f2597de2259 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-10-04 16:43:51 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!128.39.3.168!uninett.no!ntnu.no!not-for-mail From: Preben Randhol Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: on package naming, should the word Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2001 23:43:51 +0000 (UTC) Organization: Norwegian university of science and technology Message-ID: References: <9pif1o01btl@drn.newsguy.com> <3BBCC7EF.6C59C85D@otelco.net> <20011004150358.M14557-100000@shell5.ba.best.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: kiuk0156.chembio.ntnu.no X-Trace: tyfon.itea.ntnu.no 1002239031 15243 129.241.83.82 (4 Oct 2001 23:43:51 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@itea.ntnu.no NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2001 23:43:51 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: slrn/0.9.7.2 (Linux) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:13756 Date: 2001-10-04T23:43:51+00:00 List-Id: On 4 Oct 2001 18:38:08 -0500, Larry Kilgallen wrote: > In article <20011004150358.M14557-100000@shell5.ba.best.com>, Brian Rogoff writes: > >> About redundancy? Go to http://www.averstar.com/~stt/tools99lang.htm and >> click on the section titled "The Big Trick to Catching Errors Early". > > That is not visible without JavaScript. It says: The Big Trick to Catching Errors Early . Redundancy - Force the programmer to follow the writing-teacher's rule: . Tell you what they are going to say . Tell you . Tell you what they said - Kinds of Redundancy: . Type Declarations . Subrange Declarations . var vs. const, in vs. out specification . Assertions, Pre/Post Conditions . Separation of Interface and Implementation - Tools should check for consistency Preben Randhol