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Article #315Re: Complexity of reallocating storage (was users command crap)
From: terryl
Date: Tue, 05 Feb 1991 17:45
Date: Tue, 05 Feb 1991 17:45
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In article <14994:Feb207:10:4791@kramden.acf.nyu.edu> brnstnd@kramden.acf.nyu.edu (Dan Bernstein) writes:
>In article <1991Feb2.045119.22199@zoo.toronto.edu> geoff@zoo.toronto.edu (Geoffrey Collyer) writes:
>> Dan Bernstein, in response to Ozan Yigit:
>> > To rephrase: You don't seem to know what good programming techniques are.
>> From pty/master.c:
>
>Yes, what's your point? I have several hundred notes on pieces of pty
>that could be improved. In the list I find ``check for phys I/O errors
>on reading fdsess''; that's the only problem with the section of code
>you quoted.
(Delete MANY lines of him defending his code)
Well, I have no idea what his point was, but I have one:
If I were your manager, I'd ding you REAL hard for writing semi-obscure
code with such a dearth of comments. Now, if he deleted them, then fine, but
since I didn't see you post any in your defense, I'll have to assume that they
don't exist.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!att!pacbell.com!ucsd!usc!sdd.hp.com!spool.mu.edu!uwm.edu!ogicse!zephyr.ens.tek.com!tekchips!sail!terryl From: terryl@sail.LABS.TEK.COM Newsgroups: comp.bugs.4bsd,comp.lang.c Subject: Re: Complexity of reallocating storage (was users command crap) Message-ID: <8910@sail.LABS.TEK.COM> Date: 5 Feb 91 17:45:59 GMT References: <21548@yunexus.YorkU.CA> <5883:Feb102:05:4991@kramden.acf.nyu.edu> <1991Feb2.045119.22199@zoo.toronto.edu> <14994:Feb207:10:4791@kramden.acf.nyu.edu> Reply-To: terryl@sail.LABS.TEK.COM Followup-To: comp.bugs.4bsd Organization: Tektronix, Inc., Beaverton, OR. Lines: 25