Re: else ladders practice

On 02.12.2024 19:48, Bart wrote:

On 02/12/2024 18:19, Janis Papanagnou wrote:

On 02.12.2024 15:44, Bart wrote:

 

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If all you want is to _sequentially_ process each single error in
a source file you don't need a test; all you need is to get the
error message, to start the editor, edit, and reiterate the compile
(to get the next error message, and so on). - Very time consuming.
>
But as soon as the errors are [all] fixed in a module... - what
do you do with it? - ...you should test that what you've changed
or implemented has been done correctly.
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So edit/compile-iterating a single source is more time-consuming
than fixing it in, let's call it, "batch-mode". And once it's
error-free the compile times are negligible in the whole process.

 
I've struggled to find a suitable real-life analogy.

To argue in the topical domain is always better than making up
(typically non-fitting) real-life analogies.

(The same with your light-bulb analogy; I was inclined to answer
on that level, and could have even affirmed my point by it, but
decided that it's not the appropriate way to discuss the simple
processual issue, that I tried to explain you.)

 
All I can suggest is that people have gone to some lengths to justify
having a car that can only travel at 3 mph around town, rather then 30
mph (ie 5 vs 50 kph).

(You certainly meant km/h.)

Since you like analogies, let me tell you that I recently got
aware that on a city-highway(!) in my city they had introduced
a speed limit of 30 km/h (about 20mph); for reasons.

 
Maybe their town is only a village, so the net difference is neglible.
Or they rarely drive, or avoid doing so, another way to downplay the
inconvenience of such slow wheels.
 
The fact is that driving at 3 mph on a clear road is incredibly
frustrating even when you're not in a hurry to get anywhere!

There are many more factors than frustration to be considered;
safety, pollution, noise, and optimal throughput, for example.
Similar as with development processes; if you have just one
factor (speed?) on your scale you might miss the overall goals.

(If you want to quickly get anywhere within the metropolitan
boundaries you just take the bicycle or the public transport
facilities. Just BTW. In other countries' cities there may be
other situations, preconditions and regulations.)

Janis

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