Posted by Tim Streater on 12/15/06 10:40

In article <fbednSbHwaH_IBzYnZ2dnUVZ_rylnZ2d@comcast.com>,
Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> wrote:

> Double Echo wrote:

[...]

>
> > but all the goddam schools preach shitmess roll-up coding and OO. It
> > works but it's so fucking
> > messy. You fucking kids think it's cool code, and wow, neato, but then
> > somebody else has to
> > work on it, and it's a fucking nightmare. Clean code, nested, and
> > properly written will allow
> > the code to be debugged better, and probably survive being re-written
> > all over again because you
> > can actually read it. I've gone on to delete code I can't read and just
> > re-wrote it cleanly.
> >
> > -DE- ( using my best Dr. House imitation )
> >
> >
>
> Well, if "all the goddam schools" teach it, there must be something to
> it, don't you think?

It's just the vogue at the moment. Those of us who have developed a
coding style over 40 years to assist maintainers who might be following,
think different. Cool is not important - maintainability is (and
donkeymentation, of course).

Personally I dislike something like:

if (send_packet(params)) {
do something
}

not just because of the braces but also because an "if" is supposed to
perform a test - not have as a side effect as it might be sending a
packet over the wire.

-- tim

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