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From: "J-P. Rosen" <rosen@adalog.fr>
Subject: Re: Image attribute (yet again)
Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2020 08:04:34 +0200
Date: 2020-04-28T08:04:34+02:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <r88h1g$edb$2@dont-email.me> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <r86ror$6g0$1@dont-email.me>

Le 27/04/2020 à 16:55, Jeffrey R. Carter a écrit :
> 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.

Well, the "break even" is measured in terms of number of reuses vs.
effort to find an existing component. Of course, it assumes that once
you have written something yourself, you don't keep rewriting it all the
time!

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  reply	other threads:[~2020-04-28  6:04 UTC|newest]

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
2020-04-28  6:04                   ` J-P. Rosen [this message]
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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