Technical Documentation - Is there anything worse?

**milanbenes** · 2 February 2007, 13:19

less of it Mr Link Detached Mock Tudor Facade UPvc Conservatory Four Bedrooms even though one is on 2metres square Mercedes A Class and old Landrover Discovery... can anyone else add any more ?

Milan.

**MrsGoof** · 2 February 2007, 13:22

I spend more time documenting than coding

**AtW** · 2 February 2007, 13:26

Originally posted by MarillionFan

Check Tape
If Tape Full then Change Tape
If Tape Not Full then Wait
Repeat first Step.

And no one noticed obvious huge error in that "algorithm"? Clearly MF never wrote any serious code, stick to selling tat - you are doing it badly too, but at least you will be doing something useful in this world!

**MarillionFan** · 2 February 2007, 13:33

Found 50p for the meter again AtW.

Are you going to come up on the 9th for a drink? The only problem is, if you say yes every homeless person I see on the streets I'll probably introduce myself to thinking it's you.

**AtW** · 2 February 2007, 13:50

Typical amateurs' mistake is have a loop as produced above by MF where a complete lack of delay will cause that piece of code to hog CPU or other resources: since he is not an old timer he does not really have an excuse that at the time of his youth (years that are long gone for good) computers were not multi-tasking so this crappy piece of code would do just fine, which is probably fair enough for DOS v1.0, but certainly not for modern OSes.

Now below is a better piece of code, but it still lacks key element, what is it?

Code:

Check Tape
If Tape Full then Change Tape
If Tape Not Full then Wait
Execute Delay of X Seconds
Repeat first Step.

**MarillionFan** · 2 February 2007, 13:54

I think you have over-stretched yourself this time AtW.

This loop does not require a delay. You have forgotten that this is based on the Milan Benes Invoicing Machine Operating System.

This automatically has a 30 minute delay between actions, the only hogging of resource the MBIM O/S uses is the bathroom and coffee machine.

Now apologise.

**bobhope** · 2 February 2007, 13:57

Surely you need a change tape subscriber that listens to change tape events from the change tape publisher?

It's pub/sub paradigm innit?

**AtW** · 2 February 2007, 14:00

I suppose I was wrong as "then Wait" would do what I suggested, that reset my no-post counter for no good reason at all

**milanbenes** · 2 February 2007, 14:00

fecks sake lads

are you contractors or what

coy paste innit

find some code, copy paste test and adjust

take the credit

sorteeeeeeeed

Milan.

Technical Documentation - Is there anything worse?