From owner-freebsd-chat Thu Sep 27 17:37: 1 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from probity.mcc.ac.uk (probity.mcc.ac.uk [130.88.200.94]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 790FE37B40A for ; Thu, 27 Sep 2001 17:36:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: from dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org ([130.88.200.97] helo=dogma) by probity.mcc.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 2.05 #7) id 15mleC-0005eg-00; Fri, 28 Sep 2001 01:36:56 +0100 Received: (from jcm@localhost) by dogma (8.11.4/8.11.1) id f8S0auw49802; Fri, 28 Sep 2001 01:36:56 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from jcm) Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2001 01:36:56 +0100 From: j mckitrick To: Brian Sobolak Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: code density vs readability Message-ID: <20010928013655.A49710@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> References: <20010927141333.A44288@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <1692019273.20010927102035@telocity.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <1692019273.20010927102035@telocity.com>; from sobolak@telocity.com on Thu, Sep 27, 2001 at 10:20:35AM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Thu, Sep 27, 2001 at 10:20:35AM -0700, Brian Sobolak wrote: | Have you checked out _Code Complete_ by Steve McConnell? It actually Is that from Microsoft Press? I've seen it at work, but I thought it was a Win32-specific book. I'll take a look tomorrow. | has a number of statistics about this and some recommendations. It | has numbers about the value of whitespace, comment density, etc. | | Personally I'd say what you are describing some horrible for | readability b/c the only person that really understands it is him. At the office, we call that 'job security.' :-) jm -- My other computer is your windows box. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message