From: ian@rsd.bel.alcatel.be (Ian Ward)
Subject: Re: Language Choice and Coding style
Date: 1996/06/26
Date: 1996-06-26T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4qquid$hcd@btmpjg.god.bel.alcatel.be> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 835638777.25050.0@assen.demon.co.uk
In article 0@assen.demon.co.uk, john@assen.demon.co.uk (John McCabe) writes:
>How about going back to Ada 83. Whose daft idea was it to copy the LRM
>and start WRITING_STUFF_LIKE_THIS. I find pages and pages of
>identifiers in upper case, interspersed with the odd lower case
>keyword rather difficult to read.
I have to say that I find it ok, I guess it is down to what
one is used to.
> What I find most annoying though, is
>being _told_ to write my code LIKE_THAT by bloody Germans!
>
If the staff at your company learn German, and French, well
enough, and funding allows, then perhaps your company can
become prime contractors in future projects.
Alternatively, you could consider a successful career in
tabloid journalism, I would not be too surprised if the
Daily Mirror has a few openings;-)
Best regards,
Ian.
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Thread overview: 84+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1996-06-21 0:00 Language Choice and Coding style Nasser Abbasi
1996-06-21 0:00 ` Louis Tribble
1996-06-21 0:00 ` Giuliano Carlini
1996-06-21 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-06-24 0:00 ` Dr. John B. Matthews
1996-06-21 0:00 ` David Emery
1996-06-21 0:00 ` Jerry van Dijk
1996-06-24 0:00 ` Adam Beneschan
1996-06-21 0:00 ` The Amorphous Mass
1996-06-23 0:00 ` mfinney
1996-06-23 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-06-26 0:00 ` mfinney
1996-06-23 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-06-27 0:00 ` The Amorphous Mass
1996-06-27 0:00 ` Adam Beneschan
1996-06-28 0:00 ` Peter Hermann
1996-06-28 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1996-06-29 0:00 ` Samuel Mize
1996-06-29 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-04 0:00 ` Peter Hermann
1996-07-04 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-05 0:00 ` software engineering and the notion of authorship Fergus Henderson
1996-07-08 0:00 ` Peter Hermann
1996-07-08 0:00 ` Jakob Engblom
1996-07-08 0:00 ` John Byerly
1996-07-08 0:00 ` Fergus Henderson
1996-07-09 0:00 ` Richard A. O'Keefe
1996-07-09 0:00 ` Fergus Henderson
1996-07-11 0:00 ` Paul Eggert
1996-07-08 0:00 ` The Amorphous Mass
1996-07-08 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-15 0:00 ` Ralph Silverman
1996-07-15 0:00 ` Fergus Henderson
1996-07-17 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-19 0:00 ` Mike Curtis
1996-07-05 0:00 ` Language Choice and Coding style John McCabe
1996-07-04 0:00 ` John McCabe
1996-07-04 0:00 ` Dan Evens
1996-07-02 0:00 ` John McCabe
1996-07-02 0:00 ` Samuel Mize
1996-07-03 0:00 ` Jeff Dege
1996-07-03 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-04 0:00 ` Phil Howard
1996-07-04 0:00 ` Peter Hermann
1996-07-04 0:00 ` John McCabe
1996-07-03 0:00 ` John McCabe
1996-06-28 0:00 ` John McCabe
1996-06-28 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-02 0:00 ` John McCabe
1996-07-06 0:00 ` Laurent Guerby
1996-07-19 0:00 ` software engineering and the notion of authorship Andrew Gierth
1996-06-21 0:00 ` Language Choice and Coding style David Weller
1996-06-23 0:00 ` Darin Johnson
[not found] ` <4qeu56$52r@news.interpath.net>
1996-06-23 0:00 ` Nasser Abbasi
1996-06-24 0:00 ` Michael R. Hartwig
1996-06-24 0:00 ` John McCabe
1996-06-24 0:00 ` Adam Beneschan
1996-06-24 0:00 ` Peter Hermann
1996-07-01 0:00 ` Alan Brain
1996-07-02 0:00 ` John McCabe
1996-06-26 0:00 ` Ian Ward [this message]
1996-06-26 0:00 ` Nasser Abbasi
1996-06-24 0:00 ` Andreas Schoter
1996-06-24 0:00 ` Theodore E. Dennison
1996-06-29 0:00 ` Rich Maggio
1996-06-29 0:00 ` Samuel Mize
1996-07-01 0:00 ` Richard A. O'Keefe
1996-07-02 0:00 ` Samuel Mize
1996-07-03 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-08 0:00 ` ++ robin
[not found] ` <JSA.96Jun26141502@organon.com>
1996-07-01 0:00 ` Russel A Hill
1996-07-01 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-07-08 0:00 ` Russel A Hill
1996-07-02 0:00 ` Richard A. O'Keefe
1996-07-02 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1996-07-03 0:00 ` Mark Eichin
1996-07-02 0:00 ` Nasser Abbasi
1996-07-03 0:00 ` steidl
1996-07-05 0:00 ` Samuel Mize
1996-07-06 0:00 ` N. L. Sizemore
1996-07-08 0:00 ` steidl
[not found] <835824850.11044.0@assen.demon.co.uk>
1996-06-27 0:00 ` Ian Ward
1996-06-27 0:00 ` John McCabe
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1996-07-05 0:00 Robert C. Leif, Ph.D.
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