From: bobduff@world.std.com (Robert A Duff)
Subject: Re: Coding Standards
Date: 1996/05/29
Date: 1996-05-29T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <Ds6Mzz.10y@world.std.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 9605291821.AA10842@most
In article <9605291821.AA10842@most>,
W. Wesley Groleau (Wes) <wwgrol@PSESERV3.FW.HAC.COM> wrote:
>Bob Duff asked why expecting code readers to know the coding standard was
>different from expecting them to know the LRM. To which I (not very clearly)
>stated I want READERS to not need ANY outside source--not even the LRM.
Are you telling me that any random person can understand your Ada code?
Somebody who's profession is "french fry cook at McDonald's", or
"quantum physicist", or "Shakesperian Play critic"? I skept. No matter
how intelligent they are, if they don't know *something* about Ada, or
at least programming in general, they're not going to understand
programs written in Ada, IMHO.
>But WRITERS had better know the LRM, the local standards, accepted practice,
>and much more.
Here, we agree.
What I don't understand is why we care so much about the READERS. Only
the WRITERS can do damage. If the quantum physicist says, "yeah, makes
sense", then how would we ever know if he was wrong, and why would we we
ever care, if we never let him edit the code?
- Bob
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Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1996-05-29 0:00 Coding Standards W. Wesley Groleau (Wes)
1996-05-29 0:00 ` Robert A Duff [this message]
1996-05-29 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
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1997-09-17 0:00 Is there an ADA analogue to the C++ continue statement? Heath, Terry D.
1997-09-18 0:00 ` Pascal Obry
1997-09-19 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
[not found] ` <3422F037.41CA@lmco.com>
1997-09-20 0:00 ` dan13
1997-09-21 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
[not found] ` <3426B51E.7296@lmco.com>
1997-09-23 0:00 ` Coding Standards W. Wesley Groleau x4923
1996-05-17 0:00 W. Wesley Groleau (Wes)
1996-05-28 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
1996-05-15 0:00 W. Wesley Groleau (Wes)
1996-05-15 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1996-05-28 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
1996-05-28 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1996-05-29 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
1996-05-30 0:00 ` Frank Manning
1996-05-28 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
1996-05-16 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
1996-05-17 0:00 ` Richard A. O'Keefe
1996-05-17 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
1996-05-20 0:00 ` Richard A. O'Keefe
1996-05-20 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
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