[plug] Web database stuff - Bollocks

[Mike]

At 12:58 PM 24/8/2001 +0800, you wrote:
>On Fri, 24 Aug 2001, Mike wrote:
>> You have the opinion (it seems) that flow-charts are futile.
>> I am saying it all depends on the task at hand.
>
>If, in 2001, you are doing assembler in large enough chunks that
>flowcharts are warranted, you are probably beyond reasoning with. :) What
>is this serial/POCSAG stuff for, anyway?

Huh! Interesting juxtaposition in your para - a. You make a judgement
I can't be reasoned with (from your experience) but b. you don't have the
experience of a particular task that is best described by flowcharts
<sigh> Trust you see the irony in your comment.

POCSAG is a means to transmit RF to pagers - requires frame/CRC
calculation and batching messages. For a micro with limited ram
and tight timing, this is best described with a flowchart and
a properly annotated one at that.

Your assesment that only large chunks of assembler need flowcharts
shows your limited exposure to tight timing critical requirements
and consequently illustrates your generalisation lacks understanding.

I suppose I'm fortunate in having worked in microcode and assembler
and a few HHL - most on this list apparently haven't this wide
spread and might dismiss flowcharts, so I can see several sides of this
discussion and see the value of flowcharts for short (less then say
8K) chunks of assembler...

As I said before - It all depends.

Rgds

Mike