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- From: bryant@ced.utah.edu (Bryant Eastham,MEB 3116,581-5353)
- Subject: Re: C CODE LAyout
- Message-ID: <1992Dec12.195213.29400@fcom.cc.utah.edu>
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- Organization: Center for Engineering Design
- References: <7416@dove.nist.gov>
- Date: Sat, 12 Dec 92 19:52:13 GMT
- Lines: 32
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- In article 7416@dove.nist.gov, bagwill@swe.ncsl.nist.gov (Bob Bagwill) writes:
- >: In article 944@seq.uncwil.edu, herbst@seq.uncwil.edu (R.T. Herbst) writes:
- >: >
- >: >On the subject of C CODE layout.
- >: >I require my students to use the following format.
- >:
- >: Why in the world would you REQUIRE students to use a particular
- >: coding style? Coding style is one of the things that makes each
- >: programmer unique and lends some "art" to this thing we call
- >: programming!
- >
- >Why do children have to follow a handwriting style when they learn
- >to write? Why do they have to learn spelling conventions when they
- >learn to spell? Why can't every child invent their own script and
- >their own unique way of spelling words? Artistry is more important
- >than legibility!
- >
- >--
- >bob bagwill i rite this wei bekuz aim artixic
-
- [By the way, R.T. Herbst did not write the statement about "art",
- I did.]
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- If we are going to say that coding style is on the same level as
- english spelling, then we should be able to have a "style checker"
- just like we have a "spelling checker". Unfortunately, coding style
- is nowhere near as standardized, and I continue to argue that it
- should not be taught as though it were.
-
- Bryant Eastham
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