From: dewar@merv.cs.nyu.edu (Robert Dewar)
Subject: Re: general-purpose vs. domain-specific programming languages
Date: 1998/01/16
Date: 1998-01-16T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <dewar.884997059@merv> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 8cpvlsnv9k.fsf@gadget.cscaper.com
Randal said
<<That's only when we're in "code to impress" mode. When I'm being paid
by a client to write stuff that has to be maintained long after I'm
gone, I stick with the basics.
>>
What an amazing idea, that one could impress someone by writing
unreadable code!
I always tell my students that if you ever write a bit of code, and
look at it and think "how clever", then that is a big red flag!
Good programmers impress with simple, easy to understand code.
Ok, OK, I realize that the original should probably have had a smiley,
but the principle that clever code is dangerous code is an important one :-)
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Thread overview: 28+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1998-01-05 0:00 general-purpose vs. domain-specific programming languages Marin David Condic, 561.796.8997, M/S 731-96
1998-01-07 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1998-01-07 0:00 ` Joe Gwinn
1998-01-07 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1998-01-08 0:00 ` Robert Munck
1998-01-09 0:00 ` nabbasi
1998-01-09 0:00 ` Philip R Ventura
1998-01-10 0:00 ` Nick Roberts
1998-01-16 0:00 ` Randal Schwartz
1998-01-16 0:00 ` Robert Dewar [this message]
1998-01-09 0:00 ` David Wheeler
1998-01-09 0:00 ` Philip R Ventura
1998-01-08 0:00 ` Michael F Brenner
1998-01-09 0:00 ` nabbasi
1998-01-10 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1998-01-13 0:00 ` Thornton
1998-01-10 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1998-01-13 0:00 ` Thornton
1998-01-13 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1998-01-15 0:00 ` Michael F Brenner
1998-01-15 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
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1998-01-12 0:00 Marin David Condic, 561.796.8997, M/S 731-96
1998-01-13 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1998-01-13 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1998-01-15 0:00 ` Stephen Leake
1998-01-16 0:00 ` Randal Schwartz
1998-01-16 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
[not found] <01bd1616$a9110b40$24326489@Westley-PC.calspan.com>
1997-12-31 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
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