Re: [asa] How big a deal is homology?

Jim Armstrong wrote:
> But don't multiple-platform code modules often have functions that are
> "switched on" or "switched off" depending upon the specific hardware
> configuration of the host (thinking specifically about military aircraft
> and weapons configurations)? JimA
>

That is a very common way to deal with cross platform differences in
programs that run on different operating systems or different hardware.
  Different features for different versions of a product may also be
supported in the same way.

Too much code "switched on" or off can become a maintainance nightmare
and then the platform specific code may be isolated into specific
platform dependent modules that get used depending upon the
platform/feature set. Not sure if their is anything analogous to this
process in the natural world.

Dave W

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Received on Wed Mar 28 06:23:42 2007