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- From: dbsuthe@pbhya.PacBell.COM (Daniel B. Suthers)
- Newsgroups: comp.programming
- Subject: Re: Teaching by Value (was Re: Teaching the Basics)
- Message-ID: <1992Aug20.161017.29321@pbhya.PacBell.COM>
- Date: 20 Aug 92 16:10:17 GMT
- References: <1992Aug17.123916.14815@husc13.harvard.edu> <Bt6DGq.HuB@metropolis.com> <1992Aug18.190506.9935@cc.gatech.edu> <1992Aug18.230426.26425@lucid.com> <1992Aug19.135744.14889@husc13.harvard.edu> <1992Aug19.142513.14893@husc13.harvard.edu>
- Reply-To: dbsuthe@PacBell.COM (Daniel B. Suthers)
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- In article <1992Aug19.142513.14893@husc13.harvard.edu> peregrin@husc13.harvard.edu writes:
- >Okay, to continue with this thread I started ...
- > If you look at your programming peers, are you more concerned that
- >they can write easily maintainable code than if they can write super-slick
- >fast routines? Who do you want on your programming team? Should the
- >majority of programmers be writers of clean, easy to read and maintain
- >code, and only a few are needed to right tight, fast, efficient routines?
- >
- >-James
-
- Maybe this is just a local phenomenom; Programmers who learn to wtrite clean
- and easy to read / maintain code have the time to learn to write tight,
- fast and efficient routines. I think that the increased ease of maintenance
- is what enables the understanding needed to "soup up" the code.
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- Those who are taught to code tight and fast (first) don't seem have the
- luxury of enough time to retro fit their code for readability and
- maintainability.
-
- I would rather work with others who value a clean, readable style. You never
- know when you will inherit a team mate's code.
-
- Daniel B. Suthers, CCP
- Technology Consultant, PCS & IN Development Lab, Pac*Bell
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