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- From: pg@sanitas.stortek.com (Paul Gilmartin)
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- Subject: Re: Common library (PL/1 and IBM C Compilers)
- Message-ID: <1992Dec18.053027.22470@stortek.com>
- Date: 18 Dec 92 05:30:27 GMT
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- David Sumitra (david@VAX1.CC.UAKRON.EDU) wrote:
- : Having common library for two products, increases maintenance work.
- : A patch to one product, requires both the products to be tested again.
- : Are there any problems if there is a common library for each product?
- : This way, when a patch is applied to one product, the other need not be
- : tested. Are there any pitfalls to this arrangement?
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- Yes. The other product has not been patched; therefore it contains a
- known defect.
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