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Article #2380Re: Why no ** operator in Modula2?
From: Jon Guthrie
Date: Fri, 21 Jun 1991 13:45
Date: Fri, 21 Jun 1991 13:45
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On a message of 18-Jun-91, Scott McMahan (1:105/42.0) Said:
> To close: Which is better?
>
> WriteString("Amount: ");
> WriteInt(NumberOfThings[1]);
> Write(".");
> WriteLn();
> -or-
> printf("Amount: %d.\n");
> From a programmer's point of view?
Well, since the latter leads itself to errors that the compiler cannot
catch (for example, LEAVING OUT WHAT YOU WANTED TO PRINT!) I'd have to
say the first.
A bug that the compiler catches is one that the customer will not.
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