Re: Writing Comprehensible Code

Nic Ferrier <[email protected]> 14 Oct 2004 13:51:00 +0100
Newsgroups gmane.comp.java.advanced-servlets
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Charles Forsythe <[email protected]> writes:

> luca wrote:
> 
> >for eXtreme Programmers code is the ultimate documentation,
> >so it does have to be comprehensible
> >
> I guess I should have included a :-)  -- the comment about "we wouldn't 
> call it code" is a "geek humor" standard along the lines of "BASIC is a 
> bug with syntax," or "Strong typing is for people with weak
> memories."

Another Perlis line:

syntactic sugar gives you cancer of the semi-colon




Nic


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