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echo: quik_bas
to: DAVID WILLIAMS
from: BUCKY CARR
date: 1998-03-23 14:27:00
subject: Old Folks

 DW> I have sometimes wondered if it might be possible to do this
 DW> automatically - to set up some sort of "supervisor" which would watch
 DW> a program as it is running for a long time, and take note of any bits
 DW> that are never used. Eventually, it would cut them out. But, of
 DW> course, this would probably cause problems by removing error traps and
 DW> the like,
 DW> which are executed only very rarely but are very valuable when they
 DW> are needed.
Curious idea.  I learned a long time ago that for me, there are stages
involved in removing "unused code", the first stage being to merely
comment it out, but leave it present for a LONG time, lest Bill White's
scenario come true and the code I needed is GONE forever.
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