[comp.software-eng] Effect of reuse on speed/reliability/testing

pat@megatest.UUCP (Patrick Powers) (01/20/91)

> You then
> have to hope that the person who *did* code it made it fast enough for
> your requirements. 

I tried to include execution speed in the manual pages for a library
once but the company at which I worked vetoed this.  It might provide
ammunition for competitors, and besides nobody else provides it, so why
stick out the neck?  I agree with the decision, becauses other
manufacturers could have published false or misleading execution speed
data and we might have lost sales because of it.  However I wish less
vulnerable companies like Sun would publish info of this nature.
Everyone knows it's important.
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