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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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