One more "job hat" response: good that you have tests. Without tests, change will always be scary. It doesn't have to be. Yes, they take time to write, perhaps more time than the code itself, but the alternative is even worse. Tests are an executable specification. As for the move from C to C++... depends on what kind of future you envisage for the system. The managerial persepctive is often quite short-term, but good system can live for decades.
/JanM 2010/9/17 Jon S. Berndt <jonsber...@comcast.net>: > I should mention that the code in question is being rewritten, anyhow - and > we have a good set of regression tests already. > > Jon > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Christian Mayer <m...@christianmayer.de> > Sent: Friday, September 17, 2010 12:48 PM > To: FlightGear developers discussions <flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> > Subject: Re: [Flightgear-devel] C++ for Simulation > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA256 > > Jon S. Berndt schrieb: >> If cost is an issue (isn't it always?), is it worth >> it to expend the resources to clean up code that may have been gathering >> flotsam and jetsam for years - particularly if you want to add some new >> features (base on new requirements), anyhow? > > I'm sure you know the "never change a running system". This is IMHO > responsible for the many old fashioned Fortan stuff that's still used > today (although modern C++ would give better performance, etc. pp.) > > On the other hand at my day job the embedded software development team > next to me does change languages (from hand coded C to ASCET to > TargetLink to Simulink Embedded Coder) - but that's a slow process and > only parts that need a redesign are affected. The parts that need only > minor additions will stay in the same language unless there's a big need to > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Start uncovering the many advantages of virtual appliances > and start using them to simplify application deployment and > accelerate your shift to cloud computing. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/novell-sfdev2dev > _______________________________________________ > Flightgear-devel mailing list > Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Start uncovering the many advantages of virtual appliances and start using them to simplify application deployment and accelerate your shift to cloud computing. http://p.sf.net/sfu/novell-sfdev2dev _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
