Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 10 Mar 2003 16:07:43 -0600 | From | Tommy Reynolds <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] coding style addendum |
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Uttered Luben Tuikov <luben@splentec.com>, spoke thus:
> References: > [1] ``The Elements of Programming Style'' by Kernighan > and Plauger, 2nd ed, 1988, McGraw-Hill.
Keep in mind the date here. Prior to this time, subroutines were the packaging technique of choice to promote "software reuse": i. e., reference the _same_ code in various places throughout a program. K&P were espousing a fundamental shift in thinking by using subroutines as functional abstractions. Using your argument that the example code hides an "implementation", it's difficult to conceive of a code example that hids neither its data nor its implementation.
I'd suggest an alternate tack:
"When you are deep in the programming 'zone' and code is flowing from your fingertips and you are amazed at the insight and understanding evidenced by your code:
STAND UP! MOVE AWAY FROM THE KEYBOARD! GO HOME!
Look at the code again tomorrow and see if it makes any sense to you then."
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