From: furlos@alumni.rpi.edu (Steve Furlong)
Subject: Code ordering
Date: 1997/09/11
Date: 1997-09-11T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <5v7p34$me$1@news.interlog.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 3416BE96.A38F2295@calfp.co.uk
In article <3416BE96.A38F2295@calfp.co.uk>,
Nick Leaton <nickle@pauillac> wrote:
...
>Ordering code bottom up a la Ada vs ordering code in any order. Does
>having the ability to freely order increase the readability of the code?
>Well I do like grouping features with a class in clusters, and
>(hopefully) being consistent between clusters. You can always order
>bottom up if you want to, but you don't have to. In other words having
>free ordering is a superset of bottom up ordering.
Look into "literate programming". Donald Knuth invented it for Pascal,
another language which imposes strict limits on the ordering of source
code. LP allows and encourages you to arrange source code in whatever
order best facilitates comprehension by a human reader, and provides
tools to massage the code into whatever arrangement the compiler needs.
The FAQ for comp.programming.literate gives the names and download
locations for quite a few LP packages, some of which can be used with
Ada. It also gives names and brief reviews of several books and
articles on LP.
Regards,
Steve Furlong
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1997-08-28 0:00 ` Interface/Implementation (was Re: Design by Contract) Tucker Taft
1997-08-29 0:00 ` Paul Johnson
1997-08-29 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
[not found] ` <EFqDC8.342@ecf.toronto.edu>
1997-09-02 0:00 ` Samuel Mize
1997-09-03 0:00 ` Patrick Doyle
1997-09-03 0:00 ` Samuel Mize
1997-09-03 0:00 ` Paul Johnson
1997-09-04 0:00 ` Erik Ernst
1997-09-05 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
[not found] ` <EFyrH2.7z2@syd.csa.com.au>
1997-09-04 0:00 ` Joerg Rodemann
1997-09-05 0:00 ` Don Harrison
[not found] ` <340fdb9f.0@news.uni-ulm.de>
1997-09-06 0:00 ` Joachim Durchholz
1997-09-06 0:00 ` Joachim Durchholz
1997-09-04 0:00 ` W. Wesley Groleau x4923
1997-09-05 0:00 ` Don Harrison
1997-09-05 0:00 ` W. Wesley Groleau x4923
1997-09-06 0:00 ` Joachim Durchholz
1997-09-09 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-09-09 0:00 ` Richard Kenner
1997-09-10 0:00 ` Tucker Taft
1997-09-10 0:00 ` Joachim Durchholz
1997-09-10 0:00 ` One pass compilation? W. Wesley Groleau x4923
1997-09-10 0:00 ` Interface/Implementation (was Re: Design by Contract) Nick Leaton
1997-09-10 0:00 ` W. Wesley Groleau x4923
1997-09-11 0:00 ` Steve Furlong [this message]
1997-09-12 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-09-12 0:00 ` Nick Leaton
1997-09-11 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-09-05 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-09-06 0:00 ` Fergus Henderson
1997-09-06 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-09-08 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-09-11 0:00 ` Don Harrison
1997-09-08 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-09-11 0:00 ` Don Harrison
1997-09-12 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-09-05 0:00 ` Patrick Doyle
1997-09-05 0:00 ` W. Wesley Groleau x4923
1997-09-06 0:00 ` Patrick Doyle
1997-09-05 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-09-06 0:00 ` Patrick Doyle
1997-09-06 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-09-05 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1997-09-06 0:00 ` Matt Kennel (Remove 'NOSPAM' to reply)
1997-09-06 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-09-06 0:00 ` Joachim Durchholz
1997-09-06 0:00 ` Patrick Doyle
1997-09-06 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1997-09-07 0:00 ` Patrick Doyle
1997-09-07 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1997-09-10 0:00 ` Don Harrison
1997-09-10 0:00 ` Tucker Taft
1997-09-10 0:00 ` Don Harrison
1997-09-12 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-09-16 0:00 ` Don Harrison
1997-09-17 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-09-10 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1997-09-10 0:00 ` Patrick Doyle
1997-09-12 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-09-13 0:00 ` Patrick Doyle
1997-09-11 0:00 ` Lee Webber
1997-09-15 0:00 ` W. Wesley Groleau x4923
1997-09-12 0:00 ` Don Harrison
1997-09-10 0:00 ` Samuel Mize
1997-09-10 0:00 ` Samuel Mize
1997-09-11 0:00 ` Don Harrison
1997-09-11 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-09-12 0:00 ` Samuel T. Harris
1997-09-12 0:00 ` Samuel Mize
1997-09-13 0:00 ` Tucker Taft
1997-09-17 0:00 ` Don Harrison
1997-09-18 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-09-10 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1997-09-10 0:00 ` Patrick Doyle
1997-09-16 0:00 ` Don Harrison
1997-09-18 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-09-18 0:00 ` Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz
1997-09-20 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-09-11 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-09-10 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-09-10 0:00 ` Nick Leaton
1997-09-16 0:00 ` Frederic Guerin
1997-09-06 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1997-09-08 0:00 ` John G. Volan
1997-09-09 0:00 ` Nick Leaton
1997-09-09 0:00 ` John G. Volan
1997-09-10 0:00 ` Nick Leaton
1997-09-10 0:00 ` Samuel Mize
1997-09-09 0:00 ` Paul Johnson
[not found] ` <dewar.873826570@merv>
1997-09-09 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1997-09-11 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-09-07 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-09-08 0:00 ` Patrick Doyle
1997-09-09 0:00 ` Don Harrison
1997-09-09 0:00 ` W. Wesley Groleau x4923
1997-09-10 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-09-11 0:00 ` Don Harrison
1997-09-12 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-09-16 0:00 ` Don Harrison
1997-09-17 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-09-01 0:00 ` Matt Kennel (Remove 'NOSPAM' to reply)
1997-09-02 0:00 ` Nick Leaton
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