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  • Greg UtasG Greg Utas

    Notes where, on your fanfold printout?! :laugh:

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    PIEBALDconsult
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    Pshaw! Legal-sized sheets, half-inch margins, duh.

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      Pshaw! Legal-sized sheets, half-inch margins, duh.

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      Greg Utas
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      I don't remember the last time I printed code off! My guess would be 1999. :laugh:

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      • F fd9750

        I agree completely, whoever came up with K&R style ( probably K&R ) were out of their mind, no matter whatever other brilliant stuff they came up with. What could be better than:

        { // this is where we do stuff for whatever reason
        ...
        ...
        }

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        Greg Utas
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        Their 8-space (tab) indentation is worse. Despicable, in fact.

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        • Greg UtasG Greg Utas

          Their 8-space (tab) indentation is worse. Despicable, in fact.

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          fd9750
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          I didn't know about that one but yes 'despicable' would be the only valid term I can imagine. :sigh:

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          • S Slacker007

            Don't you know what this will do to Griff's ego if you publicly declare him "right all along". :sigh:

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            OriginalGriff
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            It's cool - I don't believe a word of it! :laugh:

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            • F Forogar

              I miss TP - and I'm not talking about tp.

              - I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.

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              Jorgen Andersson
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              You'd miss tp as well if it were gone.

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              • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                It's cool - I don't believe a word of it! :laugh:

                "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

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                PIEBALDconsult
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                Riiiight...

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                • D den2k88

                  At least I think I'm referring to OG. I vaguely recall defending the K&R indentation style with OG pointing me why he thought Allman to be better. A handful of years later and several projects where Allman style was mandated by coding rules it actually became my new indentation style, mostly for the reasons OG pointed to me (easier to see the nesting level of constructs, better block separation, easier manipulation of the condition statement regardless of the operation done in the block).

                  GCS d--(d+) s-/++ a C++++ U+++ P- L+@ E-- W++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- r+++ y+++*      Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X

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                  megaadam
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                  It WAS Griff, and me! But methinks he was advocating Whitesmith's Indentation style - Wikipedia[^]

                  if(this->aintUgly())
                  {
                  thenWhatIs(); // ??
                  }

                  "If we don't change direction, we'll end up where we're going"

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                  • D den2k88

                    At least I think I'm referring to OG. I vaguely recall defending the K&R indentation style with OG pointing me why he thought Allman to be better. A handful of years later and several projects where Allman style was mandated by coding rules it actually became my new indentation style, mostly for the reasons OG pointed to me (easier to see the nesting level of constructs, better block separation, easier manipulation of the condition statement regardless of the operation done in the block).

                    GCS d--(d+) s-/++ a C++++ U+++ P- L+@ E-- W++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- r+++ y+++*      Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X

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                    BillWoodruff
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                    Allman all the way, for me. "White space" is cheap, now ... compared to when "real programmers don't eat quiche." [^]

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                    • D den2k88

                      At least I think I'm referring to OG. I vaguely recall defending the K&R indentation style with OG pointing me why he thought Allman to be better. A handful of years later and several projects where Allman style was mandated by coding rules it actually became my new indentation style, mostly for the reasons OG pointed to me (easier to see the nesting level of constructs, better block separation, easier manipulation of the condition statement regardless of the operation done in the block).

                      GCS d--(d+) s-/++ a C++++ U+++ P- L+@ E-- W++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- r+++ y+++*      Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X

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                      Vikram A Punathambekar
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                      Ah, it's been so long since we had a braces war ;) Allman style is awesome, K&R is fugly X| But I like Python even better, where indentation determines scope.

                      Cheers, Vikram.

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                      • Greg UtasG Greg Utas

                        Their 8-space (tab) indentation is worse. Despicable, in fact.

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                        Gary Wheeler
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                        Greg Utas wrote:

                        Despicable, in fact

                        The word 'despicable' is a moral judgment. Given that they invented the brace style at the same time they invented the C programming language, and tabs were 8 spaces wide because of teletypes and other such hardware, a little bit of understanding might be in order.

                        Software Zen: delete this;

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                        • V Vikram A Punathambekar

                          Ah, it's been so long since we had a braces war ;) Allman style is awesome, K&R is fugly X| But I like Python even better, where indentation determines scope.

                          Cheers, Vikram.

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                          Gary Wheeler
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                          Vikram A Punathambekar wrote:

                          I like Python even better, where indentation determines scope

                          You just like to sit back and watch the world burn, don't you? :-D

                          Software Zen: delete this;

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                          • D den2k88

                            At least I think I'm referring to OG. I vaguely recall defending the K&R indentation style with OG pointing me why he thought Allman to be better. A handful of years later and several projects where Allman style was mandated by coding rules it actually became my new indentation style, mostly for the reasons OG pointed to me (easier to see the nesting level of constructs, better block separation, easier manipulation of the condition statement regardless of the operation done in the block).

                            GCS d--(d+) s-/++ a C++++ U+++ P- L+@ E-- W++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- r+++ y+++*      Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X

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                            Gary Wheeler
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                            Allman braces are morally, ethically, and spiritually superior to any other brace style, including K&R.

                            Software Zen: delete this;

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                            • G Gary Wheeler

                              Greg Utas wrote:

                              Despicable, in fact

                              The word 'despicable' is a moral judgment. Given that they invented the brace style at the same time they invented the C programming language, and tabs were 8 spaces wide because of teletypes and other such hardware, a little bit of understanding might be in order.

                              Software Zen: delete this;

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                              Greg Utas
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                              I've been known to indulge in hyperbole.

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                              The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing.

                              <p><a href="https://github.com/GregUtas/robust-services-core/blob/master/README.md">Robust Services Core</a>
                              <em>The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing.</em></p>

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                              • Greg UtasG Greg Utas

                                I've been known to indulge in hyperbole.

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                                The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing.

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                                Gary Wheeler
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                                I prefer parabole myself, but toe-may-toe, toe-mah-toe... :laugh:

                                Software Zen: delete this;

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                                • Greg UtasG Greg Utas

                                  I don't remember the last time I printed code off! My guess would be 1999. :laugh:

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                                  The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing.

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                                  BryanFazekas
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                                  I don't print my code, but I've printed inherited code on 11x17 paper with narrow margins, as I had to physically diagram it to figure out what it was doing ... 9 sheets in portrait mode using Courier 9 point. In some cultures, a test of worthiness is going into battle. In IT? It's figuring out inherited code.

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                                    It WAS Griff, and me! But methinks he was advocating Whitesmith's Indentation style - Wikipedia[^]

                                    if(this->aintUgly())
                                    {
                                    thenWhatIs(); // ??
                                    }

                                    "If we don't change direction, we'll end up where we're going"

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                                    den2k88
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                                    Ugh, workable but I don't like it :D

                                    GCS d--(d+) s-/++ a C++++ U+++ P- L+@ E-- W++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- r+++ y+++*      Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X

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                                    • D den2k88

                                      At least I think I'm referring to OG. I vaguely recall defending the K&R indentation style with OG pointing me why he thought Allman to be better. A handful of years later and several projects where Allman style was mandated by coding rules it actually became my new indentation style, mostly for the reasons OG pointed to me (easier to see the nesting level of constructs, better block separation, easier manipulation of the condition statement regardless of the operation done in the block).

                                      GCS d--(d+) s-/++ a C++++ U+++ P- L+@ E-- W++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- r+++ y+++*      Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X

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                                      Shouldn't this be our default position?

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                                      • B BryanFazekas

                                        I don't print my code, but I've printed inherited code on 11x17 paper with narrow margins, as I had to physically diagram it to figure out what it was doing ... 9 sheets in portrait mode using Courier 9 point. In some cultures, a test of worthiness is going into battle. In IT? It's figuring out inherited code.

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                                        Greg Utas
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                                        Quote:

                                        I had to physically diagram it to figure out what it was doing

                                        What happened to the original author?! That should have been job security! If I inherited that code, I'd have him renditioned and put under bright lights until that code got explained. :-D

                                        Robust Services Core | Software Techniques for Lemmings | Articles
                                        The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing.

                                        <p><a href="https://github.com/GregUtas/robust-services-core/blob/master/README.md">Robust Services Core</a>
                                        <em>The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing.</em></p>

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                                        • Greg UtasG Greg Utas

                                          Notes where, on your fanfold printout?! :laugh:

                                          Robust Services Core | Software Techniques for Lemmings | Articles
                                          The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing.

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                                          davecasdf
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                                          My _132 column_ fanfold printout ( don'tcha miss the green stripes? ) plenty of room for comments after column 80. But I don't miss being near the chain printer.

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