On 4/21/2012 11:30, Orchid Win7 v1 wrote:
>> At least on machines designed to be programmed in assembler, one can
>> generally put a useful and informative comment on pretty much every line.
>
> I haven't yet seen an assembler where you /can't/ stick comments anywhere
> you want to. That /still/ doesn't mean I want the comments to out-number the
> actual code.

I said "useful."

> Ever heard of something called a "mistake"? Perhaps you don't make those,
> but I do sometimes. And it's worrying to know that if I do, the compiler
> isn't going to say "oh, you made a mistake", it's just going to generate
> code that does something bizarre.

Sure. And if you randomly change * to / and + to -, you'll get similar 
errors. In practice, it's not a mistake people make.

-- 
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   "Oh no! We're out of code juice!"
   "Don't panic. There's beans and filters
    in the cabinet."

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