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- From: andyc@procom.com (Andy Ho-Fan Chan)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++,rec.games.programmer,alt.msdos.programmer,comp.programming
- Subject: Re: Young programmers read me.
- Date: Mon, 08 Apr 96 22:03:28 GMT
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- In article <j-jahnke-0604960016160001@ntcs-ip8.uchicago.edu>, j-jahnke@uchicago.edu (Jerome Jahnke) wrote:
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- >> You may not like the symbols used in C++, but I like the code
- >> compression they provide. Typing '{' is much faster than typing
- >> 'BEGIN.' Readability is subjective; Greek is not readable until
- >> you know the language.
- >
- >I have to disagree here, C and C++ rely quite a bit on style. I personally
- >can't read some styles on C and C++ the guys that put the starting brace
- >on the same line as a conditional or a loop drive me batty and I need to
- >use CDent to change the code just so I can read it. This coupled with the
- >rampant use of preprocessor macros makes life tough for folks reading
- >code.
- >
- >And if you think about it, it is a lot easier to find a BEGIN and END in a
- >chunk of code than a { and }. They are just bigger and easier to spot.
- >Which is why many code editors color the code so you can find things like
- >braces and what nots.
-
- Well, I like the '{' and '}' so much since it needs least typing. Also, it
- can fasten the compile time too.
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