Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2002 15:15:28 -0700 From: Nate Williams <nate@yogotech.com> To: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za> Cc: nate@yogotech.com (Nate Williams), cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.bin/rwall rwall.c Message-ID: <15495.59008.192220.654176@caddis.yogotech.com> In-Reply-To: <200203072205.g27M5MRV015704@grimreaper.grondar.org> References: <15495.56353.158608.817241@caddis.yogotech.com> <200203072205.g27M5MRV015704@grimreaper.grondar.org>
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> void main(){printf("hello world\n");}
>
> also produces correct code and runs, but creates problems during
> compiler and library upgrades. It his hard to read, and is
> unpredictable in silly ways.
What problems (details)? Why it it hard to read? It is trivial to read
and understand.
> > You're changing things for the sake of change, and unfortunately
>
> NO! I am not. If I wanted to do that, I'd do something dumbass like
> indent(1) all the code.
It seems to me to be almost the same thing, but at least with indent,
bugs are introduced. :(
> I object to obfuscated C (although the IOCCC is fun), and I think that
> code should be well-written and _safe_.
Now I, on the other hand, like obfuscated code. (*sheesh*)
*EVERYONE* likes well-written/safe code. Running it through lint and
fixing errors doesn't necessarily provide you with either feature.
Nate
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