From: Robert Dewar <robert_dewar@my-deja.com>
Subject: Re: Where is the elusive jump command?
Date: 2000/03/28
Date: 2000-03-28T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <8bq7ku$mc8$1@nnrp1.deja.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: wyVD4.17218$624.1463963@news.flash.net
In article <wyVD4.17218$624.1463963@news.flash.net>,
"Ken Garlington" <Ken.Garlington@computer.org> wrote:
> There are acceptable reasons for not caring about readability;
e.g.
> intentionally complex (or arbitrary) code sequences designed
to try to break
> a compiler, or test its optimizations. Certain throw-away code
(e.g. solely
> to learn a new language) would be another example. My guess
was the
> latter...
The compiler breaking code is of course a legitimate example.
I am not nearly as sure about your second example. Part of
learning a new language is precisely learning to write readable
code in the style of that language. Indeed, for a good
programmer it should be almost impossible to operate in
any other mode than wanting to write well commented clear
code :-)
Learning just enough of language x to get problem y working is
NOT necessarily very much related to learning language x (for
any x or y).
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2000-03-21 0:00 Where is the elusive jump command? dis90072
2000-03-21 0:00 ` Nicolas Brunot
2000-03-21 0:00 ` Stanley R. Allen
2000-03-21 0:00 ` Nicolas Brunot
2000-03-27 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
2000-03-28 0:00 ` Dale Stanbrough
2000-03-28 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
2000-03-28 0:00 ` Robert Dewar [this message]
2000-03-28 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
2000-03-28 0:00 ` Marin D. Condic
2000-03-28 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-03-29 0:00 ` Richard D Riehle
2000-03-29 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-03-30 0:00 ` Alfred Hilscher
2000-04-01 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-04-04 0:00 ` Alfred Hilscher
2000-04-05 0:00 ` Ole-Hjalmar Kristensen
2000-04-05 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
2000-04-06 0:00 ` Ole-Hjalmar Kristensen
2000-04-06 0:00 ` OS Bindings (was: Where is the elusive jump command?) Larry Kilgallen
2000-04-06 0:00 ` Ole-Hjalmar Kristensen
2000-04-06 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-04-07 0:00 ` Tarjei T. Jensen
2000-04-09 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-04-10 0:00 ` Tarjei T. Jensen
2000-04-12 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-04-12 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
2000-04-12 0:00 ` Tarjei T. Jensen
2000-04-12 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-04-12 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-04-12 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
2000-04-12 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-04-12 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
2000-04-15 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-04-15 0:00 ` Gisle S�lensminde
2000-04-15 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-04-13 0:00 ` Tarjei T. Jensen
2000-04-13 0:00 ` Gisle S�lensminde
2000-04-12 0:00 ` Florian Weimer
2000-04-13 0:00 ` Tarjei T. Jensen
2000-04-13 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
2000-04-18 0:00 ` Tarjei T. Jensen
2000-04-15 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-04-15 0:00 ` Tarjei T. Jensen
2000-04-12 0:00 ` Tarjei T. Jensen
2000-04-12 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-04-13 0:00 ` Tarjei T. Jensen
2000-04-15 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-04-15 0:00 ` Tarjei T. Jensen
[not found] ` <eisner comp.lang.ada:53670>
2000-04-06 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
2000-04-06 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-04-08 0:00 ` nickerson
2000-04-09 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-03-30 0:00 ` Where is the elusive jump command? Richard D Riehle
2000-04-01 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
2000-04-02 0:00 ` Richard D Riehle
2000-04-02 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-04-02 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-04-02 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-03-29 0:00 ` Marin D. Condic
2000-03-29 0:00 ` Gary Scott
2000-03-29 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-03-30 0:00 ` Gary Scott
2000-03-30 0:00 ` Gautier
2000-03-30 0:00 ` Gary Scott
2000-03-30 0:00 ` David Starner
2000-03-30 0:00 ` William B. Clodius
2000-03-30 0:00 ` Gautier
2000-03-30 0:00 ` David Starner
2000-03-30 0:00 ` Marin D. Condic
2000-03-30 0:00 ` Dan Nagle
2000-03-30 0:00 ` Samuel T. Harris
2000-03-31 0:00 ` Gisle S�lensminde
2000-03-30 0:00 ` David Starner
2000-03-30 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
2000-03-30 0:00 ` Gary Scott
2000-03-31 0:00 ` Tarjei T. Jensen
2000-03-31 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
2000-03-31 0:00 ` Gary Scott
2000-03-30 0:00 ` Samuel T. Harris
2000-03-31 0:00 ` Gautier
2000-03-31 0:00 ` Tarjei T. Jensen
2000-04-12 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
2000-04-12 0:00 ` Stanley R. Allen
2000-04-12 0:00 ` Samuel T. Harris
2000-04-13 0:00 ` Stanley R. Allen
2000-04-14 0:00 ` Samuel T. Harris
2000-04-14 0:00 ` BASIC->Ada, was " tmoran
2000-04-15 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-04-15 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-04-13 0:00 ` Tarjei T. Jensen
2000-03-31 0:00 ` Gisle S�lensminde
2000-03-30 0:00 ` Alfred Hilscher
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2000-03-21 0:00 dis90072
2000-03-21 0:00 ` Preben Randhol
2000-03-30 0:00 ` Alfred Hilscher
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