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| From | Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.c |
| Subject | Re: Advanced C |
| Date | 2011-11-29 20:35 -0500 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <jb4194$612$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
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On 11/29/2011 10:46 AM, Jorgen Grahn wrote:
> [...]
> But more on-topic: advanced C is (to me) not about handling weird
> programming interfaces or using /all/ of the C language. The thing
> I spend most time with is the complexity of large code bases.
> - How to understand it all well enough?
> - How to make a decent design, reflected in the code?
> - How to make it testable?
> - How to stop it from deteriorating over the years?
Yes. Deciding *what* to do is the hard part; doing it is
easy by comparison. The divide is language-independent, so when
someone wants to employ "advanced C techniques" or "advanced Ada
techniques" or "advanced COBOL techniques" I cannot help but think
the wrong end of the stick has been grasped.
--
Eric Sosman
esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid
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