From: "Jeffrey R. Carter" <spam.jrcarter.not@spam.not.acm.org>
Subject: Re: Image attribute (yet again)
Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2020 16:55:21 +0200
Date: 2020-04-27T16:55:21+02:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <r86ror$6g0$1@dont-email.me> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <r86ngd$6dj$1@dont-email.me>
On 4/27/20 3:42 PM, J-P. Rosen wrote:
>
> It compares the cost of rewriting with the cost of searching for
> something already available, and the number of reuses necessary to break
> even. It shows that for simple things (like the one we discussed above),
> rewriting can be more cost-effective than searching the web for existing
> stuff...
That's a mischaracterization of the paper. It actually compares the cost of
implementing and using an application-specific component to implementing and
using a reusable component.
Going to adaic.org and finding a library you like takes longer than writing a
little subprogram like the one under discussion, but a lot less time than
writing such subprograms repeatedly.
--
Jeff Carter
"This school was here before you came,
and it'll be here before you go."
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Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-04-20 15:24 Image attribute (yet again) Stephen Davies
2020-04-25 22:35 ` Stephen Davies
2020-04-26 6:05 ` J-P. Rosen
2020-04-26 14:16 ` Jere
2020-04-26 17:09 ` Jeffrey R. Carter
2020-04-26 17:33 ` Jere
2020-04-27 12:33 ` J-P. Rosen
2020-04-27 12:50 ` Jere
2020-04-27 13:42 ` J-P. Rosen
2020-04-27 14:05 ` Jere
2020-04-27 14:55 ` Jeffrey R. Carter [this message]
2020-04-28 6:04 ` J-P. Rosen
2020-04-27 14:10 ` Jere
2020-04-28 6:02 ` J-P. Rosen
2020-04-28 13:03 ` Jere
2020-04-26 18:40 ` Oliver Kellogg
2020-04-26 18:42 ` Oliver Kellogg
2020-04-26 18:43 ` Oliver Kellogg
2020-04-27 12:52 ` Jere
2020-05-20 1:52 ` Shark8
2020-04-26 18:57 ` Stephen Davies
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