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=0.7 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,MSGID_RANDY autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,577df5d4a0e88785 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2000-12-13 20:20:05 PST Path: supernews.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!wn4feed!worldnet.att.net!128.230.129.106!news.maxwell.syr.edu!nntp2.deja.com!nnrp1.deja.com!not-for-mail From: Robert Dewar Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: RE: Bad coding standards Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2000 04:08:52 GMT Organization: Deja.com Message-ID: <919h4g$tos$1@nnrp1.deja.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: 205.232.38.41 X-Article-Creation-Date: Thu Dec 14 04:08:52 2000 GMT X-Http-User-Agent: Mozilla/4.61 [en] (OS/2; U) X-Http-Proxy: 1.0 x69.deja.com:80 (Squid/1.1.22) for client 205.232.38.41 X-MyDeja-Info: XMYDJUIDrobert_dewar Xref: supernews.google.com comp.lang.ada:3116 Date: 2000-12-14T04:08:52+00:00 List-Id: In article , comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org wrote: > (was Re: constant string array) > > Ken Garlington wrote: > > then it has on impact on the operation or > performance of the software, just > aesthetics. I disagree with this. Part of performance of software is maintainability, and part of maintainability is about readability, and well chosen coding standards, and in particular consistent adherence to such standards definitely promotes readability. Coding standards are also important in encouraging egoless programming in a team, where everyone owns all the code. That's must easier in practice if the code is in a common style. Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/