Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2001 01:36:56 +0100 From: j mckitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org> To: Brian Sobolak <sobolak@telocity.com> Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: code density vs readability Message-ID: <20010928013655.A49710@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> In-Reply-To: <1692019273.20010927102035@telocity.com>; from sobolak@telocity.com on Thu, Sep 27, 2001 at 10:20:35AM -0700 References: <20010927141333.A44288@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <1692019273.20010927102035@telocity.com>
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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
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