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=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f5d71,d275ffeffdf83655 X-Google-Attributes: gidf5d71,public X-Google-Thread: 146b77,d275ffeffdf83655 X-Google-Attributes: gid146b77,public X-Google-Thread: 109fba,d275ffeffdf83655 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,d275ffeffdf83655 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: robert_dewar@my-dejanews.com Subject: Re: Draconian coding standards (was: Ada vs C++ vs Java) Date: 1999/01/19 Message-ID: <782sr5$loa$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 434517593 References: <369C1F31.AE5AF7EF@concentric.net> <369DDDC3.FDE09999@sea.ericsson.se> <369e309a.32671759@news.demon.co.uk> <369F1D39.64A65BC1@sea.ericsson.se> <369f81a9.31040093@news.demon.co.uk> <77ommt$9bo$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <77q4p7$diu$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <77vk87$pv9$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <36a4c9f4.304346937@news.mindspring.com> X-Http-Proxy: 1.0 x9.dejanews.com:80 (Squid/1.1.22) for client 205.232.38.14 Organization: Deja News - The Leader in Internet Discussion X-Article-Creation-Date: Tue Jan 19 21:18:41 1999 GMT Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c++,comp.vxworks,comp.lang.java X-Http-User-Agent: Mozilla/4.04 [en] (OS/2; I) Date: 1999-01-19T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: In article <36a4c9f4.304346937@news.mindspring.com>, munck@Mill-Creek-Systems.com (Bob Munck) wrote: > On Mon, 18 Jan 1999 15:33:27 GMT, dennison@telepath.com wrote: > > >The point is to get all the code readable by anyone with a minimum of effort, > >not to send individualistic developers off to Dhakow. ... > > Jeez, in these days of modern times, why are we worrying > about doing manual formatting in any given way? Just > store the source in some > internal or cannonical form, retrieve it with XML markup > (remainder of obvious thought snipped). There are many reasons why this does not work in practice. See previous thread (which is itself a repeat of many previous threads on the subject). And if you *currently* work in an environment where this is routinely done, let us know more details. Ideas don't solve problems on their own, engineered solutions to problems based on ideas can, but in this case, the devil is in the details. -----------== Posted via Deja News, The Discussion Network ==---------- http://www.dejanews.com/ Search, Read, Discuss, or Start Your Own