Re: problem with output of the program on different OS

Bart wrote, On 10/05/08 17:26:
> On May 10, 1:24 pm, Richard Heathfield <r...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> pereges said:
> 
>>> Can you please tell me what result you have
>>> obtained on your linux machine ? Are the results consistent everytime
>>> the program is executed ?
>> I haven't got as far as executing it yet. When I get some more time,
I'll
>> do some more code clean-up. When eventually I get around to executing
it,
>> I'll post the result here.
> 
> Is it some principle of yours that you never execute any code until
> every possible warning has been eliminated and it has been styled
> entirely to your satisfaction?

In my opinion you should try to get rid of the warnings or justify why 
the code should be left with the warning in it before you try and 
execute it. In general getting rid of warnings (when done by 
understanding the reason behind the warning and fixing the code properly 
rather than just changing it without understanding) will remove bugs 
faster than running the code and trying to debug it. Well, it ill until 
you are good enough to catch those errors almost all of the time before 
the compiler!

> Sounds a bit like premature optimisation to me (when you eventually
> run it you find you have to change all that beautifully crafted code).

My experience is that most of the time the warnings indicate either 
incorrect or badly written code (the more inexperience the programmer 
the more true this is, and the OP is inexperienced) so if you done 
change it to get rid of the warnings you will have to change it to fix 
the bugs that the warnings were warning you about.
-- 
Flash Gordon