Re: Should internet support software be written in Ada?

[dweller@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM (David Weller)]

In article <3kaksj$iur@isnews.calpoly.edu>,
Bill Brooks <wbrooks@hertz.elee.calpoly.edu> wrote:
>     */
>    if (strchr(mapname,'/')) {
>      strcpy(conf,getenv("PATH_TRANSLATED"));
>      goto openconf;
>    }
>    
>    if ((fp = fopen(CONF_FILE, "r")) == NULL)
>        servererr(strcat("Couldn't open configuration file:", CONF_FILE));
>
>    while(!(getline(input,MAXLINE,fp))) {
>        char confname[MAXLINE];
>        if((input[0] == '#') || (!input[0]))
>            continue;
>        for(i=0;isname(input[i]) && (input[i] != ':');i++)
>            confname[i] = input[i];
>        confname[i] = '\0';
>        if(!strcmp(confname,mapname))
>            goto found;
>     }
>-----------------------  end paste  ---------------------------
>In the rich tradition of discussing good software engineering practices in
>c.l.a(regardless of language) I'll ask: is this good coding style?
>Keep in mind that this code was written under the auspices of one of
>the top 5 schools in CS in the United States.
>

At the risk of exposing myself as some sort of heretic, the above
code example looks perfectly "normal" to me.  That's one of the nasty
little problems about C, it makes "dense" code "normal".  Some may
claim that the above style isn't "industrial quality" C code, but
that's not been my observation -- I've seen MUCH worse.

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