Re: [RFC] Our release cycles are getting longer

[Marcin Dalecki <martin at dalecki dot de>]

WiadomoÅÄ napisana w dniu 2007-01-24, o godz14:05, przez Michael  
Veksler:

> From my experience on my small constraint solver (80,000 LOC) by  
> making stuff
> more suitable for random unit testing you get:
>
>   1. Maintainable+reusable code (with all its benefits).
>   2. Faster code: Due to simplicity of each unit, it is
>      easier to understand and implement algorithmic enhancements.

There is no need to argue that this kind of approach would make some.
For 3 particular platforms I think the instrumentation of the code
could even be done by using for example the DTrace facilities. My  
concerns
are about how well defined and reproducible such a setup would be in  
view of
the way the build setup goes? It's practically impossible to make any  
guarantees here.

From a general point of view it appears that the GCC contains  
already itself more
then one constrain solver...

> If it will involve CP  ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ 
> Constraint_programming ) or
> CSP solving then there is a slight chance that I will be able to  
> squeeze some of this
> into my schedule of 2008, not before. (I refer only to proof of  
> concept, at most
> a prototype not more).
> --
>
> Michael Veksler
> http:///tx.technion.ac.il/~mveksler

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