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- From: markh@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Mark)
- Subject: Re: Teaching the basics
- Message-ID: <1992Aug26.183042.4808@uwm.edu>
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- Organization: Computing Services Division, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
- References: <1992Aug26.111240.8239@ITcorp.com> <PSU.92Aug26091352@ptero.cs.duke.edu> <1992Aug26.172830.21172@organpipe.uug.arizona.edu>
- Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 18:30:42 GMT
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- In article <1992Aug26.172830.21172@organpipe.uug.arizona.edu> dave@cs.arizona.edu (Dave Schaumann) writes:
- >In article <PSU.92Aug26091352@ptero.cs.duke.edu>, psu@cs (Peter Su) writes:
- >>In article <1992Aug26.111240.8239@ITcorp.com> geoff@ITcorp.com (Geoff Kuenning) writes:
- >>
- >> >...
- >> > else if (Prev->Key < Key) Prev->Left = Cur; else Prev->Right = Cur;
- >>
- >> I find it sourly this code was on a thread named "Teaching the
- >> basics", since the author obviously hasn't even learned the basics of
- >> readable code formatting.
- >>
- >>Learn to use indent, or Emacs C-mode.
- >>
- >>Code formatting is irrelevant
- >
- >No it isn't.
-
- You're right. It isn't. And that illustrated (in part) above is not only a
- very readible style of formating -- but in fact one of the most. Having it
- criticized by someone who even seriously brings up mention of utilities like
- indent, or Emacs only serves to reinforce that assessment of its readibility.
-