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Re: can i place a job advert [message #28129 is a reply to message #28126]

Mon, 26 November 2001 08:24

thompson
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Registered: August 1991

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Paul van Delst <paul.vandelst@noaa.gov> writes:

> "Pavel A. Romashkin" wrote:
>>
>> Oh, people have done much worse things here and got away with it. Like
>> admitting to using common blocks. Go ahead...

> Wot's wrong with common blocks? They seem like quite useful beasties to me.

Paul:

You obviously don't belong to the right religion. ;^)

Seriously, I also use common blocks. I use them because:

1. They're easy, and get the job done.

2. Not everything is a widget program!!!

3. Even in widget programs, they can be used to maintain information after the
widget program has been killed.

The main objections to common blocks have been:

1. Sloppy programming can cause problems, if different programs have different
versions of the common block. That's pretty easy to get around, though.
Typically, I use include files, so that all programs have exactly the same
common blocks.

2. In widget programs, common blocks restrict you to only one copy of the
widget at any one time. I think this is sometimes overemphasized, but is
certainly a true disadvantage.

William Thompson

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		Re: can i place a job advert By: Paul van Delst on Mon, 26 November 2001 09:13
		Re: can i place a job advert By: thompson on Mon, 26 November 2001 08:24
		Re: can i place a job advert By: Paul van Delst on Mon, 26 November 2001 07:22
		Re: can i place a job advert By: Russell Layberry on Mon, 26 November 2001 04:03
		Re: can i place a job advert By: Robert Stockwell on Mon, 26 November 2001 04:48
		Re: can i place a job advert By: Bhautik Joshi on Sun, 25 November 2001 18:29
		Re: can i place a job advert By: Pavel A. Romashkin on Fri, 23 November 2001 12:08
		Re: can i place a job advert By: David Fanning on Fri, 23 November 2001 10:59
		Re: can i place a job advert By: Pavel A. Romashkin on Fri, 23 November 2001 11:22
		Re: Commons, Was: can i place a job advert By: Richard Younger on Mon, 26 November 2001 11:21

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