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Re: Whitespace and (borked) comments.

From moroney@world.std.spaamtrap.com (Michael Moroney)
Newsgroups sci.physics, comp.os.linux.advocacy, comp.lang.c++
Subject Re: Whitespace and (borked) comments.
Date 2017-01-20 04:26 +0000
Organization The World : www.TheWorld.com : Since 1989
Message-ID <o5s3ia$405$1@pcls7.std.com> (permalink)
References (2 earlier) <Jeff-Relf.Me@Dec.21--2.55A.Seattle.2016> <o3fgrl$6eb$1@pcls7.std.com> <Jeff-Relf.Me@Dec.22--2.36A.Seattle.2016> <o3hg73$k8h$1@pcls7.std.com> <Jeff-Relf.Me@Jan.19--2.24A.Seattle.2017>

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Jeff-Relf.Me <@.> writes:

>Michael Moroney wrote:
>> professional coders write with future maintainability in mind.

>One doesn't buy a Ferrai becuse it's "maintainable".

Irrelevant comparison. Whitespace and comments don't slow code down in
compiled languages.

>If whitespace and (borked) comments is what you need/like,
>then add them yourself, later... _I don't want to see that crap.

Maybe you don't, but certainly the next guy who comes along to fix/improve/
modernize it will.  Otherwise it may have the shelf life of a banana,
once you have moved on/retired/died.

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Whitespace and (borked) comments. Jeff-Relf.Me <@.> - 2017-01-19 02:24 -0800
  Re: Whitespace and (borked) comments. Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2017-01-19 11:30 +0100
    Re: Whitespace and (borked) comments. chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2017-01-19 07:29 -0600
      Re: Whitespace and (borked) comments. woodbrian77@gmail.com - 2017-01-19 09:58 -0800
        Re: Whitespace and (borked) comments. red floyd <dont.bother@its.invalid> - 2017-01-19 13:25 -0800
    Re: Whitespace and (borked) comments. Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2017-01-19 10:36 -0500
      Re: Whitespace and (borked) comments. Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2017-01-19 16:48 +0100
  Re: Whitespace and (borked) comments. GreyCloud <mist@cumulus.com> - 2017-01-19 11:20 -0700
  Re: Whitespace and (borked) comments. moroney@world.std.spaamtrap.com (Michael Moroney) - 2017-01-20 04:26 +0000
    About a hundred thousand people have used my code, last 24 years. Jeff-Relf.Me <@.> - 2017-01-19 20:57 -0800
      Re: About a hundred thousand people have used my code, last 24 years. Öö Tiib <ootiib@hot.ee> - 2017-01-20 00:17 -0800
        Re: How do you pronounce "Oo" ? Öö Tiib <ootiib@hot.ee> - 2017-01-20 00:57 -0800
          Re: How pronounced is the 'r" ? is it long, like errr ? Öö Tiib <ootiib@hot.ee> - 2017-01-20 03:50 -0800
    Re: Whitespace and (borked) comments. jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2017-01-20 13:39 +0000
      Re: Whitespace and (borked) comments. chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2017-01-20 07:46 -0600
        Re: Whitespace and (borked) comments. jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2017-01-21 14:08 +0000
      Re: Whitespace and (borked) comments. Vir Campestris <vir.campestris@invalid.invalid> - 2017-01-20 22:02 +0000
        Re: Whitespace and (borked) comments. jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2017-01-21 14:08 +0000
          Re: Whitespace and (borked) comments. Vir Campestris <vir.campestris@invalid.invalid> - 2017-01-22 17:58 +0000

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