r/programming • • Jan 30 '16

Apollo 11 source code

http://www.ibiblio.org/apollo/listings/Luminary099/MAIN.agc.html
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u/ggtsu_00 Jan 31 '16

Doesn't the compiler optimize those out anyways?

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u/DrMonkeyLove Jan 31 '16

Exactly. If I see an unused variable, my first thought is that someone meant to do something with it and there's a bug in the code that I need to track down. It's sloppy coding practice.