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- From: ChrisHines@msn.com (Chris Hines)
- Subject: Re: Young programmers read me.
- Date: 13 Apr 96 04:41:26 -0700
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- gfarrow@rainbow.rmii.com (Glenn Farrow) writes:
-
- >John Joseph Newbigin <079519@bud.cc.swin.edu.au> writes:
-
- >>But it is a lot easier to read
-
- >>if(something_happened)
- >>{
- >> do_something_else();
- >>}
- >>is_n't_it(); :)
-
- >Nonesense. This style is extremely annoying because it spreads the code out
- >too much, it increases the amount you have to page around a source file.
- >Putting "{" on a separate line is a waste of space that should be occupied
- >by code.
- >
- > Glenn
-
- ". . . it should be kept in mind that the programs should not be
- constructed so that they are easy to write, but that they
- are easy to read and understand."
-
- -- Pankaj Jalote in "An Integrated Approach to Software Engineering"
-
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- Chris Hines ChrisHines@msn.com
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