On 2004-02-13, Kevin Layer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Larry Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> It actually wouldn't be difficult, but it would be a lot of tedious work > >> for very little benefit -- lack of atomicity usually isn't a problem and > >> when it is, it is almost always easily fixed. It would also impact > >> performance, significantly in some cases. > "A lot of tedious" and "wouldn't be difficult" would seem to be > contradictory.
As a counterexample to that statement: It is "not difficult" to add comments to every line of code in CVS. It is, however, tedious. The level of tedium associated with a task is (very) frequently inversely related to how complex it is. Complex things are *fun*. Or maybe that's just me. phil -- change name before "@" to "phil" for email _______________________________________________ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs
