It heard the word \\"power\\" and res

[Dave Sill]

In article <22580001 at uxe.cso.uiuc.edu> mcdonald at uxe.cso.uiuc.EDU writes:
>[Doug Gwyn, I believe, writes:]
>>Actually, inter-module communication via global data is contrary to
>>well-established structured design principles.  It should be used
>>sparingly or not at all.
>
>Bullshit. Inter-module communication via global data is probably the most
>potent method (to the programmer, not internal to a compiler) available
>for both space and time optimization. Particularly space.

Yeah, structured design has a habit of outlawing some of the most
powerful techiques, e.g. the "goto".  For some odd reason, the
proponents of structured design seem to feel that it's important to
make code easy to understand, modify, and maintain.

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