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- From: j-jahnke@uchicago.edu (Jerome Jahnke)
- Subject: Re: Young programmers read me.
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- Date: Wed, 10 Apr 1996 08:49:39 GMT
-
- In article <4keejc$lpi@tpd.dsccc.com>, kcline@sun132.spd.dsccc.com (Kevin
- Cline) wrote:
-
- > In article <j-jahnke-0604960016160001@ntcs-ip8.uchicago.edu>,
- > Jerome Jahnke <j-jahnke@uchicago.edu> wrote:
- > >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 should not be a problem if the code is properly indented, ala
- >
- > if (something_happened) {
- > do_something_else();
- > }
-
- I have been making a living programming for over 10 years now, over 7 of
- them has been in C and C++, and I STILL can't catch it. I need the
- whitespace. We don't have 24x80 char terminals anymore, we can add a
- little whitespace in our code.
-
- > There is something to be said for conserving screen real-estate.
- > I have worked on hard-copy terminals, then on 24x80 screens, then
- > on workstations. Workstations are better because I can see more code
- > at one time, unless someone wastes all the lines with whitespace and
- > braces.
-
- This of course is the beauty of a CDent, when you get my code you can run
- it through in a way that is easy for you to read and when I get your code
- I can do the same. I could not get anything done if I had to suffer
- through the K&R Style. It just doesn't work for me.
-
- Jer,
-
- --
- Jerome Jahnke
- BSD Academic Computing
- University of Chicago
- j-jahnke@uchicago.edu
-