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From: Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de>
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Ben Bacarisse:

> Jon Ribbens <jon+usenet@unequivocal.eu> writes:
[...]
>> It's not a rule of mine, it seems to be a rule of almost everyone.
> 
> The trouble is that a non-trivial number of languages have this form,

Yes - but this is more a side effect than a intended way to use those
languages.

[...]
> I've seen (and, dare I say, written) code that uses the result.  I
> wonder if that absolves the programmer from the charge of abuse:
> 
>   return (data = parse_input(file_name))
>       && (result = transform(data))
>       && write_file(file_name);

In a polite way I'd say this is the result of someone who is really lazy
and want's to avoid typing as much as possible. That's ok if you do a
project just for yourself. But as soon as you need to work in a team,
readibility *is* more important than having the shortest possible code.


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