On Wed, Jun 20, 2001 at 11:31:27AM -0700, Mr.Bad wrote:
> >>>>> "OS" == Oskar Sandberg <oskar at freenetproject.org> writes:
> 
>     OS> I agree with a and c, but I think that Fred contains at least
>     OS> 7 linked list classes.
> 
> Oh, well, then, if FRED has 7 linked list classes, then re-writing
> basic algorithms is probably a good and noble pursuit.

I used that as evidence that I disagree with you, not that I was right.

> Drip, drip, drip. Hey, does anyone know if sarcasm eats through
> linoleum?

Linoleum, yes. My skin, no.

>     OS> If you don't need bells and whistles you will save valuable
>     OS> time writing your own linked list.
> 
> "Save valuable time"? Programming time or run-time time? Bug-hunting
> time? Load time? Is the bug time worth the run-time savings?

Programming time and run time. And for a linked list I would say it is
pretty much just as easy (read: hard) to fuck up using a class as
implementing it yourself.

Didn't you implement a binary tree...

-- 
'DeCSS would be fine. Where is it?'
'Here,' Montag touched his head.
'Ah,' Granger smiled and nodded.

Oskar Sandberg
oskar at freenetproject.org

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