> On Thu, 28 Feb 2002, Piroumian, Konstantin wrote: > > > > On Thu, 28 Feb 2002, TREGAN Fabien wrote: > > > > > > > >BTW - what does "2mo" and "20ko" actually mean? > > > > >I can guess the meaning, but I've never seen it before. > > > > >And Google didn't find a quick answer for me ... > > > > > > > > Binary Digit (aka 'bit') is a number that can have to values (0 or 1) > > > > An Octet is 8 bits > > > > 1ko (kilo-octet) is 1024 bits (not 1000 because computer work with bit > > and > > > > then work with powre of 2, not power of 10) > > > > 1mo (mega-octet) is 1024 ko > > > > > > > > if your .java file is encoded in ascii, 1 octet = 1 char (space en > > > > cariage-return count as 1 char :) ) > > > > > > > > So you can gues that finding a bug hidden in 20ko of code is 100 times > > > > shorted than finding it in 2mo of code. > > > > > > Well, I think this statement is kinda missleading. It is not the case > > > that your JVM only says "Hey there is an error, go find it somewhere!". > > > It will tell you either with a stack trace or by symptom to narrow the > > > problem area in the code. > > > > So what about logical errors? Your program can run perfectly, but perform > > not as you've been expecting. This is the case when 20K source code is > > easier to debug than 2M. > > > > If there will be a logical error in Avalon code which affects Cocoon then > > it'll be much more difficult to track it down. > > Sure, but the statement was: "an error in a 20ko program can be found > 100 times faster than in a 2mo program" which IMO is missleading.
Yes, agree. Moreover, it also depends on the code organization and structure. In a well organized 2M code a bug can be found 100 times faster than in an ugly 20K. Konstantin > > Giacomo > > > > > Konstantin > > > > > > > > Giacomo > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >All articles on cocooncenter are written in xdoc (with some additions > > to > > > > fit the needs of my pages). So, if you wrote your tutorial in xdoc, it > > would > > > > be easy to publish. > > > > > > > > Since now, all my docs have been written in .doc (ms word), but i'll try > > to > > > > read the docs about how to write xdocs :) > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
