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Article #2970Re: code formatting (even more random musings)
From: Edouard Lagache;;;6310183;GY24
Date: Tue, 09 Feb 1988 04:27
Date: Tue, 09 Feb 1988 04:27
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With all due respect to Dr. O'Keefe, does he ever have anything positive to say? I must admit that I find his concerns about code readiability and "standard style" to be rather amusing. As the head TA in a programming course I grade programs in 4 languages, and I assure you that even with fairly strict style conventions, every new grading task is usually an enjoyable experience in discovering the depth of human creativity. Inspite of this abundance of different coding styles, rarely do I have to send students back due to "unreadable code". Come now, should we for the sake of communication standardize on only one form of greeting, or article format, or even commenting style? In this terribly structured, dry, and mechanistic world, I vote that we hang on to whatever means of creative expression remain - even if it is a simple as how we box our comments! Edouard Lagache lagache@violet.berkeley.edu
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!rutgers!sunybcs!bingvaxu!leah!uwmcsd1!ig!agate!violet.berkeley.edu!ed298-ak From: ed298-ak@violet.berkeley.edu (Edouard Lagache;;;6310183;GY24) Newsgroups: comp.lang.prolog Subject: Re: code formatting (even more random musings) Keywords: Individualism versus communication. Message-ID: <6923@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> Date: 9 Feb 88 04:27:10 GMT References: <6890@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> <630@cresswell.quintus.UUCP> Sender: usenet@agate.BERKELEY.EDU Reply-To: lagache@violet.berkeley.edu.UUCP (Edouard Lagache) Organization: University of California, Berkeley Lines: 19