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- From: jos@and.nl (Jos Horsmeier)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
- Subject: Re: readable code
- Message-ID: <4277@dozo.and.nl>
- Date: 1 Jan 93 16:50:07 GMT
- References: <C04xuo.476@world.std.com> <6831@npri6.npri.com> <24531@alice.att.com>
- Organization: AND Software BV Rotterdam
- Lines: 17
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- In article <24531@alice.att.com> ark@alice.UUCP () writes:
- |People generally find familiar things easier to read than unfamiliar ones.
- |
- |Some people have an easier time than others getting used to new styles.
- |Others would rather insist on everyone else doing things their way.
- |
- |There is a great lack of controlled experimental evidence in this area.
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- I don't care much what style people use, as long as their style is
- _consistent_ and can be generated by a pretty printing program. That
- way I can change the style of programs, written by other people, to
- my style (good ol' K&R style) and back to theirs again when I'm
- finished working on it.
-
- kind regards and happy new year!
-
- Jos aka jos@and.nl
-