Re^2: Problem Domains and Multiple Disciplines

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That's a bad idea. You should code it as

my sum = 100 * 101 / 2;
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or something like that.

I know this from practice, as I once accidentally wrote 8092 instead of 32*256 in a program and had a hard time finding out why it wouldn't work. A computer can do arithmetic better than any of us.

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Re^3: Problem Domains and Multiple Disciplines by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Aug 30, 2004 at 16:43 UTC
I did it with a computer...in the shape of a calculator:) I get your point, but unless the constants 100, 101 and 2 have some meaning in context, you've just advocated magic numbers. A well named constant, that made sense in context, would be preferable. Examine what is said, not who speaks. "Efficiency is intelligent laziness." -David Dunham "Think for yourself!" - Abigail "Memory, processor, disk in that order on the hardware side. Algorithm, algorithm, algorithm on the code side." - tachyon	[reply]

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Re^3: Problem Domains and Multiple Disciplines
by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Aug 30, 2004 at 16:43 UTC

I did it with a computer...in the shape of a calculator:)

I get your point, but unless the constants 100, 101 and 2 have some meaning in context, you've just advocated magic numbers.

A well named constant, that made sense in context, would be preferable.

Examine what is said, not who speaks.

"Efficiency is intelligent laziness." -David Dunham
"Think for yourself!" - Abigail
"Memory, processor, disk in that order on the hardware side. Algorithm, algorithm, algorithm on the code side." - tachyon

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