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Failed to connect to MySQL: (1203) User howardkn already has more than 'max_user_connections' active connectionsPath: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Peter Flass Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers,comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: The joy of FORTRAN Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2025 06:54:33 -0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 21 Message-ID: <1991927522.762702668.553904.peter_flass-yahoo.com@news.eternal-september.org> References: <1smdnSjX3YoxgWf7nZ2dnZfqn_idnZ2d@earthlink.com> <1396870532.749421730.052473.peter_flass-yahoo.com@news.eternal-september.org> <1214951717.762291306.657281.peter_flass-yahoo.com@news.eternal-september.org> <1193769225.762545617.347047.peter_flass-yahoo.com@news.eternal-september.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Mon, 03 Mar 2025 14:54:34 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="3b4502b22dac128ba350c0aa60a92817"; logging-data="1414924"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+oTgBRI6sKptTeF2bZlmmv" User-Agent: NewsTap/5.3.1 (iPad) Cancel-Lock: sha1:FFihici421dmE970of2elxAiwSU= sha1:tnX+IsMKifTwHliikmuGUhv7KFM= Bytes: 2700 c186282 wrote: > On 3/2/25 4:42 AM, The Natural Philosopher wrote: >> On 02/03/2025 06:59, c186282 wrote: >>> What's the point in writing complex code if, at >>>    the first need, you basically have to totally >>>    re-write the entire damned thing ??? >> Especially since a modern optimising compiler will turn it into >> unreadably complex assembler anyway - no need for the programmer to do it >> Focus on readability with clear comments and a good result, not being >> 'clever' > > > Well, I'm not gonna be reading the ASM - just the 'C' :-) > I always like to read the ASM, when it’s readable. I like to wonder “if I code it THIS way, what do I get?” Sometimes “optimizations” are not quite what you expect. -- Pete