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| From | "James Harris" <james.harris.1@gmail.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.misc |
| Subject | Re: A good subset of C |
| Date | 2014-05-14 23:54 +0100 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <ll0s6v$1mu$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
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"Rod Pemberton" <dont_use_email@xnothavet.cqm> wrote in message news:op.xfvelvyg6zenlw@localhost... > On Wed, 14 May 2014 12:45:18 -0400, James Harris > <james.harris.1@gmail.com> wrote: >> "Rod Pemberton" <dont_use_email@xnothavet.cqm> wrote in message >> news:op.xfpawpq36zenlw@localhost... > >>> If it's not needed for a 5Mloc application, why is it ever needed? ... >> Are you sure there was no information hiding? Did not the hiding of >> information that was there make maintenance of the code easier? > > It hid information no more than C hides information. I don't exactly > "see" how information is "hidden" in C. Perhaps, I'm expecting an > explicit mechanism where there is none? So, maybe, I'm not grasping > where the hiding is occurring? ... I don't see the connection of C to this subthread. I know you discussed it with Dmitry. Unlike Dmitry I think that C can be an excellent language and environment for software development as long as it is used wisely. Re. the 5Mloc app I would guess that it had to be divided up somehow - into modules or into functions etc. As a result of that, presumably programmers could work on parts of the app without having to examine or understand (perish the thought!) the rest of the 5M lines. Because a given part's internals were hidden a programmer could work on that part as long as he or she kept to the contracted interface. Anywhere close? Without the *hiding* of internals any work on a part of the app would have been impractical/impossible/terrifying/costly (delete as appropriate). :-) Just on C's facilities for hiding information, though, I see your comment that you don't recognise a mechanism for it. Could it be that you naturally use information hiding in C without thinking of it as such? Quite apart from discussing the benefits or liabilities of information hiding it might be worth discussing C's support for info hiding. James
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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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