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"Boyd Stephen Smith Jr." <bss03@××××××××××.net> skribis: |
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> On Thursday 28 September 2006 14:16, Barry.SCHWARTZ@×××××××××××××.org wrote |
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> about 'Re: [gentoo-amd64] First Impressions': |
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> > "Boyd Stephen Smith Jr." <bss03@××××××××××.net> skribis: |
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> > > It's wrong-headed to deride or discourage users for using the features |
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> > > of their compiler when those functions are not erroneous. Instead, |
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> > > you should be leaning on the developers to fix the erroneous code. |
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> > This looks like a false dichotomy to me. |
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> But, it's not. A piece of code it either conforms to a C/C++ standard the |
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> compiler implements or not. This may be hard to determine but, it is a |
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> statement that is either true or false, absolutely. |
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Not that dichotomy, but the one that says it is wrongheaded to |
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discourage users (who may have no interest in encountering or fixing |
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bugs) from doing things that expose bugs, because developers should be |
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bothered to fix their code. You can do both. |
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Indeed, there aren’t many fields of ‘production’ in which end users |
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ought to be encouraged to try things that expose flaws in design or |
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manufacture. |
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Barry.SCHWARTZ at chemoelectric.org http://chemoelectric.org |
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Free stuff / Senpagaj varoj: http://crudfactory.com (PDF) |
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'Democracies don't war; democracies are peaceful countries.' - Bush |
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(http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/12/20051219-2.html) |
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