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=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1014db,d95b511473b3a931 X-Google-Attributes: gid1014db,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,d95b511473b3a931 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 109fba,d95b511473b3a931 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public From: nasser@apldbio.com (Nasser Abbasi) Subject: Re: Language Choice and Coding style Date: 1996/07/02 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 163353012 sender: news@biosys.apldbio.COM references: original-sender: nasser@apldbio.com followup-to: comp.lang.ada organization: Applied BioSystems newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++ Date: 1996-07-02T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: From: maggior@world2u.com (Rich Maggio) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++ Date: 29 Jun 96 22:21:57 GMT ... snip.. Basically, what this person was pointing out is the need consistency. I tend to write code that is consistent, though it may not be consistent with how others write code. In my code, I know that all variables that begin with a capital letter (i.e. Tone_count) are global. Someone else ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ reading my code may not catch this little nuance. One should not be using global variables to start with ! Though things like Hungarian notation are cumbersome, I think there is definitely a need for it. I dont think there is a need for it. It makes the code harder to read to start with, and it does not add anything to understanding the algorithm itself. IMHO. There needs to be some consistency in coding standards. This makes it much easier on the poor slob that has to maintain the code once the initial development has been done. good point. Good documentations helps the most here too. nasser -- Nasser Abbasi. C/C++/Ada Solaris. GeneAssist - A client/server application for Nucleic acid and protein sequence search and analysis. PE-Applied BioSystem division. email: nasser@apldbio.com MSEE(control), MSCS, MSCE, FM(Fide Chess Master 1.e4 !! 1-0 )