[191] in Depressing_Thoughts
Re: slow day at the X factory.
aaron@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (aaron@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Tue Aug 9 17:15:55 1988
Yes, I used lint with libraries (lint generated) on all the routines
being called. Eventually, I had to step through the code by
hand and print out all sorts of interesting values. It was a blast,
let me tell you.
The X stuff "in CLU" was written to a large extent in assembler
because the people writing were aiming for speed (which you can't get in
CLU because of a lousy compiler, although I have some bad words for cc)
illegibility and impossibility of debugging. For job security I
suspect. :-)
Has anyone ever tried to write code which lint didn't barf on? I've
just managed a module's worth. Lint's very good about complaining
multiple times about a problem that isn't there. Or many problems.
