Re: else ladders practice

From	Bart <bc@freeuk.com>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.c
Subject	Re: else ladders practice
Date	2024-12-02 18:48 +0000
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On 02/12/2024 18:19, Janis Papanagnou wrote:
> On 02.12.2024 15:44, Bart wrote:

> 
> If all you want is to _sequentially_ process each single error in
> a source file you don't need a test; all you need is to get the
> error message, to start the editor, edit, and reiterate the compile
> (to get the next error message, and so on). - Very time consuming.
> 
> But as soon as the errors are [all] fixed in a module... - what
> do you do with it? - ...you should test that what you've changed
> or implemented has been done correctly.
> 
> So edit/compile-iterating a single source is more time-consuming
> than fixing it in, let's call it, "batch-mode". And once it's
> error-free the compile times are negligible in the whole process.

I've struggled to find a suitable real-life analogy.

All I can suggest is that people have gone to some lengths to justify 
having a car that can only travel at 3 mph around town, rather then 30 
mph (ie 5 vs 50 kph).

Maybe their town is only a village, so the net difference is neglible. 
Or they rarely drive, or avoid doing so, another way to downplay the 
inconvenience of such slow wheels.

The fact is that driving at 3 mph on a clear road is incredibly 
frustrating even when you're not in a hurry to get anywhere!

>> Or are you suggesting that the scenario portrayed here:
>>
>>    https://xkcd.com/303/
>>
>> is a complete fantasy?
> 
> It is a comic. - So, yes, it's fantasy. It's worth a scribbling
> on a WC wall but not suited as a sensible base for discussions.

I would disagree. The reason those work is that people can identify with 
them from their own experience, even if exaggerated for comic effect.

Otherwise no would get them.

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  Re: else ladders practice Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> - 2024-11-28 14:37 +0200
    Re: else ladders practice Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2024-11-28 15:25 +0000
      Re: else ladders practice Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> - 2024-11-28 17:46 +0200
      Re: else ladders practice antispam@fricas.org (Waldek Hebisch) - 2024-12-01 13:04 +0000
        Re: else ladders practice Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2024-12-01 15:13 +0000
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            Re: else ladders practice Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2024-12-07 12:40 +0000
    Re: else ladders practice Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2024-11-29 21:25 -0800
      Re: else ladders practice Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2024-11-30 11:26 +0000
        Re: else ladders practice antispam@fricas.org (Waldek Hebisch) - 2024-12-01 13:19 +0000
        Re: else ladders practice Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2024-12-02 06:09 -0800
          Re: else ladders practice Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2024-12-02 14:44 +0000
            Re: else ladders practice Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2024-12-02 19:19 +0100
              Re: else ladders practice Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2024-12-02 18:48 +0000
                Re: else ladders practice Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2024-12-05 14:41 +0100
                Re: else ladders practice Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2024-12-05 15:51 -0800
                Re: else ladders practice Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2024-12-07 11:58 +0100
            Re: else ladders practice Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2024-12-05 16:24 -0800
  Re: else ladders practice Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2024-11-28 14:27 +0000
    Re: else ladders practice Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2024-11-28 18:28 +0100
      Re: else ladders practice Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2024-11-28 18:25 +0000
        Re: else ladders practice Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2024-11-29 10:36 +0100
        Re: else ladders practice Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2024-11-29 15:29 -0800
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            Re: else ladders practice Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2024-11-29 20:40 -0800
              Re: else ladders practice Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2024-11-30 11:00 +0100
                Re: else ladders practice Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2024-12-04 17:34 -0800
                Re: else ladders practice Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2024-12-05 14:21 +0100
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