[REBOL] Re: IDIOMS: setting multiple words
From: Steven:White:ci:bloomington:mn:us at: 9-Oct-2003 14:38
>>> [greggirwin--mindspring--com] 10/09/03 02:08PM >>>
>>>Is there anything else you take into consideration when you do this
>>>kind of thing?
>>>Thanks for playing!
I would vote for the first way. My primary consideration in all coding
is ease of understanding for someone reading the code, even if it means
extra words or a performance hit. I think there is a lot of programming
genius wasted because people can't figure out how things work. The job
of a programmer is not just to produce programs, but to produce programs
that can be understood. Especially in a business, source code is a
corporate asset (versus a personal work of art), and lack of
understandability diminishes its value.
Steven White
City of Bloomington
1800 W Old Shakopee Rd
Bloomington MN 55431-3096
USA
952-563-4882 (voice)
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