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- From: Joe Kraska <jkraska@bbn.com>
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++,rec.games.programmer,alt.msdos.programmer,comp.programming
- Subject: Re: Young programmers read me.
- Date: Mon, 08 Apr 1996 18:43:17 -0700
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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.'
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- > >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
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- Try python. In python, indentation is part of the syntax. Oh, goodie.
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- BTW, if I recall, one of the specific design criteria that K&R used for
- C was conciseness (meaning short, for th vocabulary impaired :).
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- Joe.
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