On Nov 16, 2007 10:29 AM, Christopher Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> Carl Lowenstein wrote:
> > On Nov 15, 2007 10:59 AM, Darren New <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >> Carl Lowenstein wrote:
> > I do believe that you have forgotten the initial goal -- to embed ID
> > strings in separately compiled program pieces with a minimum of extra
> > effort.
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> I've never needed this, and I was trying to think of why. I haven't
> worked on embedded systems in ages, so that might be part of it. When I
> think about it though, the way I really verify what is on disk is I
> check file sizes and look at checksums. Indeed, by having this as part
> of the install process I never run in to situations where I have
> deployments that are half of one release and half of another (a scenario
> that was alluded to earlier). Is doing a checksum too much work for the
> CPU (and if so, is pattern matching really lighter weight)?
Rhetorical question: do you ever use the same software module in more
than one final product?
carl
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