Haunted by ancient history
Haunted by ancient history
Posted Jan 10, 2015 2:29 UTC (Sat) by dlang (guest, #313)In reply to: Haunted by ancient history by moltonel
Parent article: Haunted by ancient history
As I read Linus' message, he was saying that some value needed to be there, even if it was known to have n relation to reality (because software broke if it wasn't there to read). In your posts it sounded like you were saying that there needed to be an option to provide a "real" value. That's a much more demanding option than just having some value there.
Posted Jan 11, 2015 22:56 UTC (Sun)
by moltonel (guest, #45207)
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If no program depends on a "real" value then great, just return a constant like "1" and be done with it. I find it unlikely that there isn't a program that uses the value in its logic (as opposed to just displaying it), but I admit I don't have an example to provide.