Re: Did I write a good (efficient) program?

"Howard Brazee" <howard@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
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> On Wed, 2 Apr 2008 10:07:54 +1300, "Pete Dashwood"
> <dashwood@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>>OO Code has a different set...
>>
>>1.  Does it work?
>>2.  Is it small and complete (encapsulated)?
>>3.  Can I reuse and extend it easily?
>>
>>Efficiency is taken care of by keeping components small, and using
>>optimizing compilers.
>>
>>Maintainability is not a consideration as long as the interface is
simple 
>>or
>>non existent.
>
> Except those characteristics are essential for good maintainability.
> The application needs to be maintainable.  The system needs to be
> maintainable.    The component size is different and techniques for
> making the code maintainable have changed.
>
> But the goal is the same.

Yes, of course. However, the WAY in which the goals are met is very 
different. "Self-documenting" code is irrelevant. It only matters if code
is 
to be constantly changed. If the code NEVER changes, then it doesn't
matter. 
That was my point.

Pete.
-- 
"I used to write COBOL...now I can do anything."