Re: Code Formatters

["Marin David Condic, 561.796.8997, M/S 731-93" <condicma@PWFL.COM>]

Philip Brashear <brashear@NS1.SW-ENG.FALLS-CHURCH.VA.US> writes:
>If the code is not reasonably formatted, then it's difficult to read, hence
>difficult to understand; hence difficult to get right (not to mention that
>minor activity called "maintenance")!
>
    This is all true, but there's another factor to consider. The
    programmer who is obsessive-compulsive enough to go back over the
    code, space everything properly, correct the character case of
    everything, get the indenting right, etc. etc. is also going to be
    the one who is double checking all the logic as well. Some of it
    is by virtue of simply reviewing the code - you notice more
    mistakes. Some of it is by individual mindset. If you're careful
    enough to get the purely superficial things correct in every
    detail, you are more likely to be the one agonizing over getting
    all the fundamental things correct as well.

    MDC

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