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Re: A good subset of C

From Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.misc
Subject Re: A good subset of C
Date 2014-05-12 00:26 +0000
Organization Aioe.org NNTP Server
Message-ID <20140511172539.628@kylheku.com> (permalink)
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On 2014-05-11, Rod Pemberton <dont_use_email@xnothavet.cqm> wrote:
> On Sun, 11 May 2014 05:59:30 -0400, Dmitry A. Kazakov  
><mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de> wrote:
>
>> The point was that regardless of your or my attitude to information  
>> hiding, it is the only possible way to go with software engineering.
>>
>
> Why?
>
> The largest application I ever worked on was over 5 million lines of
> code.  It was coded in a version of PL/I.  Where was this supposed
> information hiding you say is necessary for software engineering?

Ah, the answer to that is: information hiding occurred when that project
was buried six feet under ground and forgotten.

Information hiding will get your ass one way or another.

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A good subset of C "James Harris" <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2014-05-05 08:47 +0100
  Re: A good subset of C "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2014-05-05 10:56 +0100
    Re: A good subset of C "James Harris" <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2014-05-05 19:41 +0100
      Re: A good subset of C "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2014-05-05 21:08 +0100
        Re: A good subset of C "James Harris" <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2014-05-05 21:58 +0100
          Re: A good subset of C "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2014-05-05 22:55 +0100
            Re: A good subset of C "James Harris" <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2014-05-06 00:01 +0100
              Re: A good subset of C "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2014-05-06 00:44 +0100
          Re: A good subset of C "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2014-05-06 09:45 +0100
  Re: A good subset of C "Rod Pemberton" <dont_use_email@xnothavet.cqm> - 2014-05-05 07:33 -0400
    Re: A good subset of C "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2014-05-05 19:14 +0100
    Re: A good subset of C "James Harris" <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2014-05-05 20:12 +0100
      Re: A good subset of C "Rod Pemberton" <dont_use_email@xnothavet.cqm> - 2014-05-05 18:57 -0400
        Re: A good subset of C "James Harris" <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2014-05-07 11:55 +0100
          Re: A good subset of C "Rod Pemberton" <dont_use_email@xnothavet.cqm> - 2014-05-07 19:04 -0400
            Re: A good subset of C "James Harris" <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2014-05-08 10:14 +0100
              Re: A good subset of C "Rod Pemberton" <dont_use_email@xnothavet.cqm> - 2014-05-08 07:35 -0400
                Re: A good subset of C "James Harris" <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2014-05-08 16:22 +0100
                Re: A good subset of C "Rod Pemberton" <dont_use_email@xnothavet.cqm> - 2014-05-09 16:45 -0400
                Re: A good subset of C "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de> - 2014-05-10 09:04 +0200
                Re: A good subset of C "Rod Pemberton" <dont_use_email@xnothavet.cqm> - 2014-05-10 16:30 -0400
                Re: A good subset of C "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de> - 2014-05-11 11:59 +0200
                Re: A good subset of C "Rod Pemberton" <dont_use_email@xnothavet.cqm> - 2014-05-11 11:06 -0400
                Re: A good subset of C Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> - 2014-05-12 00:26 +0000
                Re: A good subset of C "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de> - 2014-05-12 09:54 +0200
                Re: A good subset of C "Rod Pemberton" <dont_use_email@xnothavet.cqm> - 2014-05-12 20:01 -0400
                Re: A good subset of C "James Harris" <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2014-05-14 17:45 +0100
                Re: A good subset of C "Rod Pemberton" <dont_use_email@xnothavet.cqm> - 2014-05-14 18:11 -0400
                Re: A good subset of C "James Harris" <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2014-05-14 23:54 +0100
                Re: A good subset of C "Rod Pemberton" <dont_use_email@xnothavet.cqm> - 2014-05-14 19:43 -0400
                Re: A good subset of C "James Harris" <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2014-05-17 18:00 +0100
                Re: A good subset of C "Rod Pemberton" <dont_use_email@xnothavet.cqm> - 2014-05-17 16:00 -0400
                Re: A good subset of C "James Harris" <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2014-05-17 22:17 +0100
                Re: A good subset of C "Rod Pemberton" <dont_use_email@xnothavet.cqm> - 2014-05-17 19:58 -0400
                Re: A good subset of C "James Harris" <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2014-05-18 07:59 +0100
                Re: A good subset of C "Rod Pemberton" <dont_use_email@xnothavet.cqm> - 2014-05-18 13:10 -0400
                Re: A good subset of C "James Harris" <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2014-05-19 00:54 +0100
                Re: A good subset of C Andy Walker <news@cuboid.co.uk> - 2014-05-15 01:31 +0100
                Re: A good subset of C BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2014-05-14 23:43 -0500
                Re: A good subset of C "James Harris" <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2014-05-17 18:38 +0100
                Re: A good subset of C Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2014-05-25 11:04 +1200
                Re: A good subset of C "Rod Pemberton" <dont_use_email@xnothavet.cqm> - 2014-05-24 20:36 -0400
                Re: A good subset of C Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2014-05-25 12:53 +1200
                Re: A good subset of C "Rod Pemberton" <dont_use_email@xnothavet.cqm> - 2014-05-24 21:34 -0400
                Re: A good subset of C Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2014-05-25 14:11 +1200
                Re: A good subset of C Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> - 2014-05-25 06:47 +0000
                Re: A good subset of C Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> - 2014-05-25 06:43 +0000
  Re: A good subset of C "James Harris" <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2014-05-05 20:59 +0100
    Re: A good subset of C "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2014-05-05 22:28 +0100
      Re: A good subset of C "Rod Pemberton" <dont_use_email@xnothavet.cqm> - 2014-05-05 18:57 -0400
        Re: A good subset of C "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2014-05-06 00:26 +0100
      Re: A good subset of C George Neuner <gneuner2@comcast.net> - 2014-05-06 14:21 -0400
        Re: A good subset of C "James Harris" <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2014-05-07 15:43 +0100
          Re: A good subset of C George Neuner <gneuner2@comcast.net> - 2014-05-07 16:03 -0400
            Re: A good subset of C "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2014-05-07 21:31 +0100
          Re: A good subset of C BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2014-05-07 15:41 -0500
    Re: A good subset of C "Rod Pemberton" <dont_use_email@xnothavet.cqm> - 2014-05-05 18:46 -0400
      Re: A good subset of C "James Harris" <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2014-05-06 00:42 +0100
        Re: A good subset of C "Rod Pemberton" <dont_use_email@xnothavet.cqm> - 2014-05-06 06:48 -0400
          Re: A good subset of C "James Harris" <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2014-05-07 15:40 +0100
            Re: A good subset of C "Rod Pemberton" <dont_use_email@xnothavet.cqm> - 2014-05-08 06:50 -0400
              Re: A good subset of C "James Harris" <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2014-05-08 15:43 +0100
                Re: A good subset of C George Neuner <gneuner2@comcast.net> - 2014-05-08 14:41 -0400
  Re: A good subset of C BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2014-05-05 19:08 -0500

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