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Re: Programming question determining two circle's relation

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<511ca68f-7866-4658-9b2b-b1c0c013a030@a21g2000prj.googlegroups.com>,
 byhesed <byhesed@gmail.com> wrote:

> On 4ø˜30¿¦, ø¿»Ÿ6‡ˆ08†­, Patricia Shanahan <p...@acm.org> wrote:
> > [...]
> >
> > If you have a calculation you need to do a lot, why not write and 
> > test a separate method to do it, rather than writing the 
> > calculation in-line repeatedly?
> >
> > [...]
> 
> I know the source code I had posted is silly.
> I do not perform any optimization because it is just an example.

I would argue that the re-factoring suggested by Patricia is an 
opportunity to reduce error, both now and in future development or 
maintenance. I know it's tempting to dismiss the work as temporary, but 
we've all seen a prototype sneak into production.

-- 
John B. Matthews
trashgod at gmail dot com
<http://sites.google.com/site/drjohnbmatthews>

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Programming question determining two circle's relation byhesed <byhesed@gmail.com> - 2011-04-30 01:33 -0700
  Re: Programming question determining two circle's relation byhesed <byhesed@gmail.com> - 2011-04-30 01:59 -0700
    Re: Programming question determining two circle's relation "Gavino" <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2011-04-30 17:51 +0200
      Re: Programming question determining two circle's relation byhesed <byhesed@gmail.com> - 2011-04-30 09:01 -0700
        Re: Programming question determining two circle's relation "Gavino" <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2011-04-30 18:33 +0200
    Re: Programming question determining two circle's relation byhesed <byhesed@gmail.com> - 2011-04-30 02:03 -0700
  Re: Programming question determining two circle's relation byhesed <byhesed@gmail.com> - 2011-04-30 02:50 -0700
    Re: Programming question determining two circle's relation byhesed <byhesed@gmail.com> - 2011-04-30 08:42 -0700
      Re: Programming question determining two circle's relation "Gavino" <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2011-04-30 17:59 +0200
    Re: Programming question determining two circle's relation "John B. Matthews" <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2011-04-30 17:25 -0400
      Re: Programming question determining two circle's relation Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2011-04-30 17:03 -0700
        Re: Programming question determining two circle's relation "John B. Matthews" <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2011-05-01 03:10 -0400
  Re: Programming question determining two circle's relation Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2011-04-30 02:08 -0700
  Re: Programming question determining two circle's relation Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2011-04-30 11:49 -0700

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