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Failed to connect to MySQL: (1203) User howardkn already has more than 'max_user_connections' active connectionsPath: ...!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!news.quux.org!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: The Natural Philosopher Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers,comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: The joy of FORTRAN Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2025 15:21:57 +0000 Organization: A little, after lunch Lines: 28 Message-ID: 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> <1991927522.762702668.553904.peter_flass-yahoo.com@news.eternal-september.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Mon, 03 Mar 2025 16:21:58 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="67a05bccb290df4faa5d65d52a7787da"; logging-data="1441614"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19y0K+D/Mjv2C421HnKDb93I3mizrfOs+8=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:W1giK0Eat85y+0CJO4EWT0p8cDI= In-Reply-To: <1991927522.762702668.553904.peter_flass-yahoo.com@news.eternal-september.org> Content-Language: en-GB Bytes: 3153 On 03/03/2025 13:54, Peter Flass wrote: > 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. > Indeed. Last time I looked, I thought 'I would never have thought of doing it THAT way, that's naffin' clever!' -- "When one man dies it's a tragedy. When thousands die it's statistics." Josef Stalin