RE: Finding Indicators Used (was: RE: MOVEA -> EVAL)

Jim Langston wrote:

> Er, you really expect me to do this?  You expect a programmer to have
> to compile your program and look at the generated code to be able to
> maintain it?
> 
> What ever happened to self documenting code?  Structured Programming?
> Proper documentation?
> 
> If it takes me 1 or even 5 extra lines of code to achieve all three of
> these, I'm for the extra code.
> 
> "Real programmers don't eat quiche" is interesting reading, and a good
> chuckle, but I have never abhered to it!


Would you risk your reputation as a programmer when making changes to a
program you didn't write, by not compiling it first?

Adding an indicator, and depending on the documentation?

I wouldn't, and IMO a compile is a small "price to pay" to find a free indicator
in and old program I haven't written.




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