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08/23/05 13:34
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#99901 - but we agree
Responding to: ???'s previous message
In most instances, it would be extremely difficult (if not impossible) to build the average app without interrupts.
but we agree, that is exactly what I state.

from Jack:
"promoting the use of polled code wherever possible. Though it is important to recognize their limitations, interrupt-Luddism is an awful mistake."

Jack is expressing my thoughts exatly.

You should note that throughout the article there is no mentioning od "testing" only "debugging" as to what might become more difficult when using interrupts.

I amde a program a very long while ago (on a Lockheed SUE) that used NO interrupts (not a real time thingy) and someone calculated/estimated that there was over 10 million possible combinations of getting from start to finish. If that is "easy" to "test" please tell me how>

The whole issue is that the word "testing" has crept into the discussion and again
TESTING IS WORTHLESS AS A QUALITY DETERMINATOR
there is no way you can ensure error free functionality by testing

Can we please get away from discussing that worthless subject.

A correctly designed project is, in my opinion, more likely to function glitch free, if interrupts are used that if polling is used.

Erik

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         Paradox?            01/01/70 00:00      
      clarification            01/01/70 00:00      
         Remember            01/01/70 00:00      
            Absolutely, and even then should be avoi            01/01/70 00:00      
            Absolutely, and even then should be avoi            01/01/70 00:00      
            extrodiaray?            01/01/70 00:00      
                extrodiaray?            01/01/70 00:00      
                  Goooooogle            01/01/70 00:00      
                     No, he does not            01/01/70 00:00      
                        proofreading            01/01/70 00:00      
                     Another challeneg            01/01/70 00:00      
                        another challenge            01/01/70 00:00      
               OK, I can not Spell            01/01/70 00:00      
                  this is my point            01/01/70 00:00      
                     I sure you could, But            01/01/70 00:00      
                        Really?            01/01/70 00:00      
                           professors and classes            01/01/70 00:00      
                           Really !            01/01/70 00:00      
                              Hmmm            01/01/70 00:00      
            defensive commenting            01/01/70 00:00      
         Don't know            01/01/70 00:00      
            Ok, let me get away from that word            01/01/70 00:00      
               Gotcha            01/01/70 00:00      
                  and I came to truly despise that word wh            01/01/70 00:00      
                     Just like driving            01/01/70 00:00      
            Elegant equals...            01/01/70 00:00      
               that it            01/01/70 00:00      
               Oh, how true...!            01/01/70 00:00      
                  It's never the author's problem            01/01/70 00:00      
                     I knew a person who told me about a real            01/01/70 00:00      
                        A blissful existence            01/01/70 00:00      
                  Your bugs versus my bugs (or vice versa)            01/01/70 00:00      
                     common wisdom has it that the average pr            01/01/70 00:00      
   One exception            01/01/70 00:00      
      exceptions            01/01/70 00:00      
         vice versa            01/01/70 00:00      
            what is obvious            01/01/70 00:00      
               your mileage may vary            01/01/70 00:00      
                  that is the very same            01/01/70 00:00      
                     competent            01/01/70 00:00      
                        please define "working"            01/01/70 00:00      
                           competent programming => working program            01/01/70 00:00      
   i'm new            01/01/70 00:00      
      if you move your eyeballs a bit to the l            01/01/70 00:00      
         Coding Bible            01/01/70 00:00      
            Precedence vs. explicitness            01/01/70 00:00      
   Outlaw coding!            01/01/70 00:00      
      a program it is, by definition, asynchro            01/01/70 00:00      
         Methinks the point was missed            01/01/70 00:00      
            "Easy?"            01/01/70 00:00      
            but we agree            01/01/70 00:00      
      VIPER?            01/01/70 00:00      
      What does "timing" mean?            01/01/70 00:00      
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