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From: "Tim Behrendsen" <tim@airshields.com>
Subject: Re: What's the best language to start with? [was: Re: Should I learn
 C or Pascal?]
Date: 1996/08/10
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Chris Sonnack <cjsonnack@mmm.com> wrote in article
<4ug5u5$kha@dawn.mmm.com>...

> They're both pretty clear. And any real programmer knows rule #27: "There
> should be no constants in your code except the numbers 1 and 0, and you
> should view those with suspicion."

I would say, "There should be no constants in your code except 0.  Tests
should be less than, equal, greater than, or not equal 0.  Otherwise,
it better involve a symbol."

-- Tim Behrendsen (tim@airshields.com)