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From: Stephen Leake on 28 May 2010 08:52
Warren <ve3wwg(a)gmail.com> writes:

> Jeffrey R. Carter expounded in news:htjfib$cdd$1(a)tornado.tornevall.net:
>
>> Adam Beneschan wrote:
>>>
>>> Just kidding. (Insert old joke with punchline "there's whiteout all
>>> over your screen" here.) But while I think some people are able to
>>> cope without printouts, others sometimes need to have that piece of
>>> paper to look at. Don't ask me why.
>>
>> I recall a study that determined that people found more errors in code
>> when examining it on paper than on screen.
>
> I find in my day job, that large (mainframe) COBOL
> programs are easier to debug in print form. I know
> it is considered "old school" by my co-workers, but
> I make a lot of use of those cross-reference listings
> in my analysis.

I use cross-references with Ada as well. But Emacs knows how to use
them, so I just use C-c C-d to navigate the cross-references.

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-- Stephe
From: Warren on 28 May 2010 11:18
Stephen Leake expounded in news:82r5kwrxwv.fsf(a)stephe-leake.org:

> Warren <ve3wwg(a)gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Jeffrey R. Carter expounded in news:htjfib$cdd$1
@tornado.tornevall.net:
>>
>>> Adam Beneschan wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Just kidding. (Insert old joke with punchline "there's whiteout all
>>>> over your screen" here.) But while I think some people are able to
>>>> cope without printouts, others sometimes need to have that piece of
>>>> paper to look at. Don't ask me why.
>>>
>>> I recall a study that determined that people found more errors in
code
>>> when examining it on paper than on screen.
>>
>> I find in my day job, that large (mainframe) COBOL
>> programs are easier to debug in print form. I know
>> it is considered "old school" by my co-workers, but
>> I make a lot of use of those cross-reference listings
>> in my analysis.
>
> I use cross-references with Ada as well. But Emacs knows how to use
> them, so I just use C-c C-d to navigate the cross-references.

I can see that I need to re-acquaint myself with
Gnu emacs. ;-)

Warren
From: Stephen Leake on 29 May 2010 13:15
Warren <ve3wwg(a)gmail.com> writes:

> I can see that I need to re-acquaint myself with
> Gnu emacs. ;-)

one down, five billion to go :)

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-- Stephe
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