From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.2 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fc89c,97188312486d4578 X-Google-Attributes: gidfc89c,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,97188312486d4578 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 109fba,baaf5f793d03d420 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: 1014db,6154de2e240de72a X-Google-Attributes: gid1014db,public From: cjsonnack@mmm.com (Chris Sonnack) Subject: Re: What's the best language to start with? [was: Re: Should I learn C or Pascal?] Date: 1996/08/11 Message-ID: <4ul7tl$bqi@dawn.mmm.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 173546230 references: <31FBC584.4188@ivic.qc.ca> <01bb83f5$923391e0$87ee6fce@timpent.airshields.com> <01bb8534$b2718bc0$87ee6fce@timpent.airshields.com> <4ud81d$5ii@solutions.solon.com> <4ug5u5$kha@dawn.mmm.com> <01bb86f6$d92cf6a0$32ee6fce@timhome2> followup-to: comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++,comp.unix.programmer,comp.lang.ada organization: 3M/IT/EIS (St.Paul,MN 55144) reply-to: cjsonnack@mmm.com (Chris Sonnack) newsgroups: comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++,comp.unix.programmer,comp.lang.ada Date: 1996-08-11T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Tim Behrendsen (tim@airshields.com) wrote: > Chris Sonnack wrote in article > >> 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." Some languages don't have increment/decrement operators, hence: foo = foo + 1 -- Chris Sonnack http://eishcq.mmm.com Engineering Information Services/Information Technology/3M, St.Paul, Minn ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TODAY'S RULE: No Smoffing or Fnargling! Opinions expressed herein are my own and may not represent those of my employer.