Code like a girl
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Do engineers and programmers care about concepts like beauty and elegance? Should they? "As for spending too much time on making the code look right down to the last indentation - my code has been called “girl code”"
Creating Passionate Users: Code like a girl[^] I certainly do this with HTML where I go to great lengths to make the code* look good. What about you? * One smart comment about HTML not being code and I'll brand you a metrosexual for the rest of your queer days, kapiche? regards, Paul Watson Ireland Feed Henry! K(arl) wrote: oh, and BTW, CHRISTIAN ISN'T A PARADOX, HE IS A TASMANIAN!
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girl code is when you use little circles or hearts to dot the i :laugh: Coulda, woulda, shoulda doesn't matter if you don't.
You aren't making fun of my IDE, are you? [^] :cross girl-coder look: Reminds me of the Aerosmith song[^]. regards, Paul Watson Ireland Feed Henry! K(arl) wrote: oh, and BTW, CHRISTIAN ISN'T A PARADOX, HE IS A TASMANIAN!
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One of my lecturers (whom I alsways suspected of being very gay) emphasised indentation as poetry. Although I think sexual orientation has nothing to do with it, except being like a girl, I do believe ones code should look nice, besides being readible. I used to get high on life until I realized that life was cut with morons - Unknown
ProffK wrote:
being very gay
Is that different from just being gay? I never did get that saying. regards, Paul Watson Ireland Feed Henry! K(arl) wrote: oh, and BTW, CHRISTIAN ISN'T A PARADOX, HE IS A TASMANIAN!
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You aren't making fun of my IDE, are you? [^] :cross girl-coder look: Reminds me of the Aerosmith song[^]. regards, Paul Watson Ireland Feed Henry! K(arl) wrote: oh, and BTW, CHRISTIAN ISN'T A PARADOX, HE IS A TASMANIAN!
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It has a certain sexiness with the uppercase, repeated
*((PULONGand -> bits. I have always liked that in C++, the -> instead of the C# style period. regards, Paul Watson Ireland Feed Henry! K(arl) wrote: oh, and BTW, CHRISTIAN ISN'T A PARADOX, HE IS A TASMANIAN!adapted from toxcct:
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ProffK wrote:
being very gay
Is that different from just being gay? I never did get that saying. regards, Paul Watson Ireland Feed Henry! K(arl) wrote: oh, and BTW, CHRISTIAN ISN'T A PARADOX, HE IS A TASMANIAN!
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ProffK wrote: being very gay Is that different from just being gay? I never did get that saying.
Yes, with someone who is 'just gay' it isn't as glaringly noticeable as it is with a screaming queen. I used to get high on life until I realized that life was cut with morons - Unknown
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Do engineers and programmers care about concepts like beauty and elegance? Should they? "As for spending too much time on making the code look right down to the last indentation - my code has been called “girl code”"
Creating Passionate Users: Code like a girl[^] I certainly do this with HTML where I go to great lengths to make the code* look good. What about you? * One smart comment about HTML not being code and I'll brand you a metrosexual for the rest of your queer days, kapiche? regards, Paul Watson Ireland Feed Henry! K(arl) wrote: oh, and BTW, CHRISTIAN ISN'T A PARADOX, HE IS A TASMANIAN!
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I find that well written code often does look aesthetically pleasing, however obviously some effort should be put into readability. I always try to ensure that my code does "look" good, atleast to my eyes:
for (int iOperand = 0; iOperand < 3; iOperand++) { if (pToken->iToken == TOK_IDENTIFIER || pToken->iToken == TOK_OBRACKET || pToken->iToken == TOK_INTEGER || g_aTokens[pToken->iToken].m_iClass == TOKEN_REGISTER) { pInstruction->apOperands[iOperand] = Parse_HandleOperand (pInstruction->iOpcode, &pToken); if (!pInstruction->apOperands[iOperand]) return NULL; ++pInstruction->iNumOperands; } else break; }Just as an aside; I have never met a female programmer before... -
You aren't making fun of my IDE, are you? [^] :cross girl-coder look: Reminds me of the Aerosmith song[^]. regards, Paul Watson Ireland Feed Henry! K(arl) wrote: oh, and BTW, CHRISTIAN ISN'T A PARADOX, HE IS A TASMANIAN!
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You aren't making fun of my IDE, are you?
X| X| X| Is that really what your IDE looks like or did you use some image processing s/w to do that? Cheers, Vikram.
I don't know and you don't either. Militant Agnostic
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I find that well written code often does look aesthetically pleasing, however obviously some effort should be put into readability. I always try to ensure that my code does "look" good, atleast to my eyes:
for (int iOperand = 0; iOperand < 3; iOperand++) { if (pToken->iToken == TOK_IDENTIFIER || pToken->iToken == TOK_OBRACKET || pToken->iToken == TOK_INTEGER || g_aTokens[pToken->iToken].m_iClass == TOKEN_REGISTER) { pInstruction->apOperands[iOperand] = Parse_HandleOperand (pInstruction->iOpcode, &pToken); if (!pInstruction->apOperands[iOperand]) return NULL; ++pInstruction->iNumOperands; } else break; }Just as an aside; I have never met a female programmer before...I like your coding style and follow something almost identical, except * If I have to break the condition in an if clause, I don't indent the next line by a single space, I use a 4-character tab to indent it. * I enclose single-statement if and else blocks with braces. * Since I largely do C#, I don't use Hungarian. Cheers, Vikram.
I don't know and you don't either. Militant Agnostic
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Paul Watson wrote:
You aren't making fun of my IDE, are you?
X| X| X| Is that really what your IDE looks like or did you use some image processing s/w to do that? Cheers, Vikram.
I don't know and you don't either. Militant Agnostic
It is my Windows XP theme. :) regards, Paul Watson Ireland Feed Henry! K(arl) wrote: oh, and BTW, CHRISTIAN ISN'T A PARADOX, HE IS A TASMANIAN!
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ProffK wrote:
being very gay
Is that different from just being gay? I never did get that saying. regards, Paul Watson Ireland Feed Henry! K(arl) wrote: oh, and BTW, CHRISTIAN ISN'T A PARADOX, HE IS A TASMANIAN!
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Do engineers and programmers care about concepts like beauty and elegance? Should they? "As for spending too much time on making the code look right down to the last indentation - my code has been called “girl code”"
Creating Passionate Users: Code like a girl[^] I certainly do this with HTML where I go to great lengths to make the code* look good. What about you? * One smart comment about HTML not being code and I'll brand you a metrosexual for the rest of your queer days, kapiche? regards, Paul Watson Ireland Feed Henry! K(arl) wrote: oh, and BTW, CHRISTIAN ISN'T A PARADOX, HE IS A TASMANIAN!
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a) Yes, it's not difficult, given the tools we have these days b) If there's any conflict, I prefer to perfect my code's inner beauty. ;P
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Jack Puppy wrote:
Very Gay
Steady: if he were still alive he'd sue your arse off. ;) www.merrens.com
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It has a certain sexiness with the uppercase, repeated
*((PULONGand -> bits. I have always liked that in C++, the -> instead of the C# style period. regards, Paul Watson Ireland Feed Henry! K(arl) wrote: oh, and BTW, CHRISTIAN ISN'T A PARADOX, HE IS A TASMANIAN!adapted from toxcct:
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I like your coding style and follow something almost identical, except * If I have to break the condition in an if clause, I don't indent the next line by a single space, I use a 4-character tab to indent it. * I enclose single-statement if and else blocks with braces. * Since I largely do C#, I don't use Hungarian. Cheers, Vikram.
I don't know and you don't either. Militant Agnostic
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Paul Watson wrote:
I have always liked that in C++, the -> instead of the C# style period
How I long to use -> again. Blogless
CLI/C++? :)
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Oh, I say. My deepest apologies, maam. (So how does a lady code? With elegance, wit and charm?) regards, Paul Watson Ireland Feed Henry! K(arl) wrote: oh, and BTW, CHRISTIAN ISN'T A PARADOX, HE IS A TASMANIAN!
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(So how does a lady code? With elegance, wit and charm?)
only when the program behaves.... When there are bugs.... out comes the axe. one of my previous bosses and I had many conversations over whether or not Software was "science or art". I don't think this is an "or" situation, nor a 50/50 scenerio. Based on the user's experience he/she will make it more or less art. In her case she was a pure science person, software was rigid, there was only one way to do things. _________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
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CLI/C++? :)
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You aren't making fun of my IDE, are you? [^] :cross girl-coder look: Reminds me of the Aerosmith song[^]. regards, Paul Watson Ireland Feed Henry! K(arl) wrote: oh, and BTW, CHRISTIAN ISN'T A PARADOX, HE IS A TASMANIAN!
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doIf I'd guessed before clicking, I'd have expected that link to go here[^]... Stability. What an interesting concept. -- Chris Maunder
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Would you say readable code is beautiful code? Or can it be readable but rather plain? I guess we have to be careful with the word elegant here as it can apply to the design as well as the syntax. I actually like to make elegant, or beautiful, syntax. regards, Paul Watson Ireland Feed Henry! K(arl) wrote: oh, and BTW, CHRISTIAN ISN'T A PARADOX, HE IS A TASMANIAN!
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doAnd let us not forget error messages! We, of course, all remember and love this: haiku error messages[^] But I try to write my code for utmost readability. It ain't easy, but it is worthwhile. And I still say being a column nazi (80 cols MAX) is the way to be. I should not EVER have to scroll to the right to see what code does. JUST UP AND DOWN!!! Err, sorry. ...Steve
