Subj : Re: Compiler and an interpreter To : comp.programming From : CBFalconer Date : Fri Aug 05 2005 01:03 pm Vesa Karvonen wrote: > .... snip ... > > Psychological studies have indicated that short-term memory has a > capacity of 5-9 "items" (http://www.well.com/user/smalin/miller.html). > Code in first-order languages typically has lots of little details, > particularly details related to control flow and resource management, > that can not easily be abstracted away in those languages. My own > experience and intuition says that those details quickly eat all the > available short-term memory and ruin productivity. It's not the language, but the coding breakdown. By doing a suitable top-down design you remain at the higher level well into the design, and the lower levels are exactly what the design needs. At least that is the effect. Top-down design and short functions/procedures will make the whole process semi-automatic. -- Chuck F (cbfalconer@yahoo.com) (cbfalconer@worldnet.att.net) Available for consulting/temporary embedded and systems. USE worldnet address! .