From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Sam Steingold Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: emacs floating point error during dump? Date: 11 Jul 2003 16:27:23 -0400 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <200307081321.h68DLnC3009346@rum.cs.yale.edu> <200307091344.h69DiZXj014067@rum.cs.yale.edu> Reply-To: sds@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1057955542 11196 80.91.224.249 (11 Jul 2003 20:32:22 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2003 20:32:22 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Fri Jul 11 22:32:21 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19b4Z3-0002uL-00 for ; Fri, 11 Jul 2003 22:32:21 +0200 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 19b4l0-0004Lu-00 for ; Fri, 11 Jul 2003 22:44:42 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.20) id 19b4ZY-00026X-8L for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Fri, 11 Jul 2003 16:32:52 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.20) id 19b4Ux-000635-Fj for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 11 Jul 2003 16:28:07 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.20) id 19b4Uf-0005Tf-Js for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 11 Jul 2003 16:27:49 -0400 Original-Received: from fw-ext.alphatech.com ([198.112.236.6] helo=alphatech.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.20) id 19b4UI-0004zl-A2; Fri, 11 Jul 2003 16:27:26 -0400 Original-Received: from WINSTEINGOLDLAP (winsteingoldlap-dock.alphatech.com [10.0.19.22]) by alphatech.com (8.11.6/8.11.6/check_local-4.4) with ESMTP id h6BKRN527325; Fri, 11 Jul 2003 16:27:23 -0400 (EDT) X-Spam-Filter: check_local@alphatech.com 4.4(020923:1754) http://digitalanswers.org/ Original-To: rms@gnu.org X-Attribution: Sam X-Disclaimer: You should not expect anyone to agree with me. Mail-Copies-To: never In-Reply-To: Original-Lines: 29 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3.50 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:15546 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:15546 > * In message > * On the subject of "Re: emacs floating point error during dump?" > * Sent on Fri, 11 Jul 2003 15:55:37 -0400 > * Honorable Richard Stallman writes: > > > The reason I omitted dependencies on lisp.h was that that file > > changes quite often, but most changes in it don't require > > recompiling all of Emacs. > > This is The Wrong Thing to do. > Correctness first, performance later. > > It is silly to be rigid about it. it is unthinkable to be lax about it. those who sacrifice freedom for security will lose both. those who sacrifice correctness for performance, will lose both: you already wasted more of your time on this discussion than you (or, rather, _your computer_!) would have spent on un-necessary recompilations; so your approach is a total loss. -- Sam Steingold (http://www.podval.org/~sds) running w2k Of course, I haven't tried it. But it will work. - Isaak Asimov