Why some people say Local Variables are bad...

[altenbach]

I thought it is about relativistic effects when dealing with race conditions. 😄

[Ben]

I thought is was about bringing back the SDE but I may be reading it in a different reference frame. If so forget this post for now.

Ben

[smercurio_fc]

Let's just wait until alfa gets here. Then we'll know what this thread is really about.

[Ray.R]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Ben]

Recieved via e-mail from one of my favorite customers this morning;

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Q: Why are quantum physicists so poor at sex?
A: Because when they find the position, they can't find the momentum, and when they have the momentum, they can't find the position.

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and

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And remember, anything that doesn’t matter, doesn’t have any mass

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Ben

[altenbach]

No comment:

 

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[Ben]

I thought this made for a nice demonstration of what a race Condition looks like.

If that app was written in LV, I suspect a local was involved.

Ben

[SteveChandler]

I don't know why I did this. It's getting way offtopic but the thread is on Breakpoint.

[Wayne.C]

Reading a local variable in a for loop inside yet another for loop can be detrimental to performance.

[crossrulz]

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@Wayne.C wrote:

Reading a local variable in a for loop inside yet another for loop can be detrimental to performance.

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That person's big problem was the build array 11850 times.  But yes, the local will slow them down a little bit.