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[REBOL] Re: Script styles

From: tim:johnsons-web at: 9-Nov-2003 17:46

* Andrew Martin <[andrew--martin--colenso--school--nz]> [031109 17:09]:
> Volker wrote (in another thread): > > Hmm, eventually rebol.org could mark RT-style-scripts so people can > look up "official" examples when in doubt? > > Perhaps this could be a declaration in the header? For example: > Style: 'Rebol-Official > > People who prefer different styles could then propose different style > standards which they think might be better or just different, like: > Style: 'Cobol-Like > Style: 'Natural > Style: none > Style: Andrew ; :)
IMHO, the most important part of any style is that it be consistent. Different programmers have different needs and work in different venues. I for instance program also in python, and I like a style that (sort of) emulates python block outline approach, so I like to indent block delimiters, which differs from pretty-print. I think that the cobol-like (or lisp-or-scheme-like) approach is one of the most readable. *However* I might divert from that when I am working with mysql, because then I like to use underscores, since I am likely to want to use rebol words that use the same characters acceptable to mysql column naming convention. Pragmatism trumps arbitrary convention and there are pretty-print scripts out there, right? tim
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