Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2001 00:33:14 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas <charon@labs.gr> To: Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in> Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: code density vs readability Message-ID: <20011004003314.B8306@hades.hell.gr> In-Reply-To: <20011003213024.A660@lpt.ens.fr> References: <20011002213051.A28111@lpt.ens.fr> <Pine.BSI.4.20.0110021606080.7990-100000@brain.mics.net> <20011002214655.A1713@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <3BBB64CD.7B3A2C86@mindspring.com> <20011003213024.A660@lpt.ens.fr>
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Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in> wrote:
> Terry Lambert said on Oct 3, 2001 at 12:19:41:
> > > <rant>
> > > Why do some people, especially advanced programmers, hate this feature
> > > so much? Isn't it great for catching misspellings before compiling, and
> > > for helping the eye locate a target? It also seems good for helping the
> > > mind quickly understand the structure of the code. It simply includes
> > > more valuable information. I realize it can be overdone, but since you
> > > can configure it any way you like, why is it so bad? Why does
> > > everything that makes programming easier get labeled a 'crutch' at some
> > > point? I mean, LINT could be called a remedy for poor programming
> > > skills in the first place, but many accomplished programmers us it,
> > > correct? </rant>
> >
> > I think it's because we do things like this:
> >
> > main(int ac, char *av[])
> > {
> > }
>
> I think if you wrote a lot of math code, with expressions like
>
> q[i]=pow(cutoff,expon)*
> pow(1.0/(SQR(sin(pi*(i+1.0)/L))+SQR(cutoff)),expon/2.0);
Well, in that case, I prefer LISP for it's instantly enlightening syntax:
(setf (aref q i)
(* (expt cutoff expon)
(expt (/ 1.0
(+ (sqrt (sin (/ (* pi (+ i 1.0))
L)))
(sqrt cutoff)))
(/ expon 2.0))))
/me runs to hide.
> (or worse) you'd find it more useful to have an editor with syntax
> highlighting...
I think you mean parenthesis matching here, but I'll let it pass, since most
descent editors do have this. VI has it bound to %, Emacs uses visual hints
to show matching parentheses/braces/brackets, hell even joe(1) from the ports
has it bound to ^G.
-giorgos
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