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From: Jeff-Relf.Me <@.>
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Subject: My code is dense, and hard to read, like the Washington Post.
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You ( Michael Moroney ) replied ( to me ):
> > The aforementioned people wanted shorter lines
> > ( I like 236 columns ), auto formatted ( whitespace ),
> > with lots of comments.
> 
> Ewww...  all that makes it so hard to follow.  
> One statement per line, with a sane line length.  
> 
> Proper whitespace ( including indentation where appropriate ) 
> breaks things up so it's readable, not a solid mass of characters.
> 
> Comments tell the next guy what you are doing and why/how.  
> Old macro code I see typically has 
> one comment per instruction/macro call, on the right side.

I'll tell you ( yet again ) what I told them:

  My code is dense, and hard to read, like the Washington Post;
  sorry, but it's _not_ like an advert, or comic strip, 
  with lots of graphics, big fonts, color and WhiteSpace.

I won the day; I retained control; I get paid -- They lost.