On 11/10/2010 12:40, JMGross wrote: > ----- Ursprüngliche Nachricht ----- Von: William "Chops"Westfield > Betreff: Re: [Mspgcc-users] Use of mspgcc* in critical production > environment > >>> The problem is that there are too many new bugs in mspgcc4, so I >>> cannot switch from mspgcc3 to 4 without need to validate (and >>> most likely fix) all of our already tested firmware once again. > >> If the compiler were perfect, it would be uncovering bugs in YOUR >> code that would need fixing and validation as well :-( > > No, it would compile the program from a plain feature/wish list > without neet to write (buggy) code first. But then, I would be > superfluous and without job (well, the compiler cannot design > hardware, so I still had a job, but only half of my current one) > > Hmmm, I dimly remember having that sort of compiler once on the C64, > called 'the last one'. It had an UI where you entered the flowchart > and then the calculations and output masks and it produced a basic > program that did exactly what you described. Without need of writing > a single line of code. Well, that was some 20 years ago on a 64k ram
I remember there was a craze for "program generator programs" in those days. People were predicting the end of the software developer, because programs would write themselves. It went the same way as many other such ideas (fuzzy logic, neural networks, DNA computers, quantum computers, etc.) - it found an occasional niche use, and died away from mainstream attention pretty quickly. You can be confident there will still be jobs for C programmers in 20 years time... > 1MHz system. Sometimes I don't wonder anymore that the Romans had > brain surgery and the old Egypts probably have had batteries. > I don't know about the Romans, but the Mayans (or was it the Incas or Aztecs?) certainly did brain surgery. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Beautiful is writing same markup. Internet Explorer 9 supports standards for HTML5, CSS3, SVG 1.1, ECMAScript5, and DOM L2 & L3. Spend less time writing and rewriting code and more time creating great experiences on the web. Be a part of the beta today. http://p.sf.net/sfu/beautyoftheweb _______________________________________________ Mspgcc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mspgcc-users
