Re: not enough real programmers?

[genew@shuswap.net (Gene Wirchenko)]

Olav Woelfelschneider <wosch@cardware.de> wrote:

>Peter Seebach <seebs@plethora.net> wrote:
>PS> PeopleNoun PNWho VerbLitter TheirAdjective NounCode PrepWith
>PS> AdditionalAdjective ClutterNoun // note subordinate clause // AreVerb
>PS> WastingGerund ArticleA LotNoun PrepOf NounTime.
>
>At last! I always thought I was alone with that opinion.

     You aren't alone.  (I'm sorry we didn't get to you sooner.)

     I prefer to code with *medium* clarity of names.  If it ends up
getting too unclear, then I should probably be looking at simplifying
my code.

>For an example of badly littered code, see MFC source as shipped with
>MS VC++. No wonder MS stuff always crashes, people have no time fixing
>bugs because the have to wade through code that looks like this.
>
>I prefer short variable names, especially for short lived ones. To
>compensate, I like to comment very much. Use common sense!

     Rene Descartes said that common sense isn't very common.  I agree
with him though wish he were wrong.

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko

Computerese Irregular Verb Conjugation:
     I have preferences.
     You have biases.
     He/She has prejudices.