From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 To: 9fans@9fans.net Date: Thu, 5 May 2011 09:54:28 +0000 From: comeau@panix.com (Greg Comeau) Message-ID: References: <627b33ef9b0f9b47871178dff9d4cfbe@terzarima.net>, <129E2E01-3583-4E27-B520-252A956F59FC@corpus-callosum.com> Subject: Re: [9fans] Compiling 9atom kernel WAS: Re: spaces in filenames Topicbox-Message-UUID: dd5e61f6-ead6-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 In article <129E2E01-3583-4E27-B520-252A956F59FC@corpus-callosum.com>, Jeff Sickel wrote: >On Apr 29, 2011, at 4:54 AM, dexen deVries wrote: >> at any rate, `code removed is code debugged' is very true, but that's not >> something easily put on CV or boasted to friends. > >An alternative version, `deleted code is debugged code', has been used very s= >uccessfully by myself and other colleagues. I first heard the term on a very= > large VAX/VMS project in 1992 where it succeed in making its way into frequ= >ent use. Some more food for thought: "Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place. Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are, definition, not smart enough to debug it." --Brian Kernighan "We observe simply that a program usually has to be read several times in the process of getting it debugged. The harder it is for people to grasp the intent of any given section, the longer it will be before the program becomes operational." -- Kernighan and Plauger -- Greg Comeau / 4.3.10.1 with C++0xisms now in beta! Comeau C/C++ ONLINE ==> http://www.comeaucomputing.com/tryitout World Class Compilers: Breathtaking C++, Amazing C99, Fabulous C90. Comeau C/C++ with Dinkumware's Libraries... Have you tried it?