Re: Learning to code by reading code (was: The way to read STL source code)

From	"Bo Persson" <bop@gmb.dk>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.misc, comp.lang.c++
Subject	Re: Learning to code by reading code (was: The way to read STL source code)
Date	2012-02-19 16:10 +0100
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Ebenezer wrote:
> On Feb 18, 12:56 pm, r...@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) wrote:
>> Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.misc
>> Followup-To: comp.lang.misc
>>
>> Stanley Rice <hecong...@gmail.com> writes:
>>> But if you said that reading others' code is not the way to
>>> improve your programming skills, I have no ideas how to improve
>>> it. Reading the
>>
>> Reading others' code /is/ the way to improve the skills:
>>
>> - Of course, one should select code written by masters,
>> not code written by arbitrary authors. For example,
>> in the realm of C++, one might read boost source code.
>
> I suggest "chewing the meat and spitting the bones" with Boost.
> Some of it is great, but not all of it.
>
>

Yes, some libaries are so full of configuration macros and workarounds 
for ancient compilers that you will have a hard time even finding some 
code.

Been there, done that.


Bo Persson

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Re: Learning to code by reading code (was: The way to read STL source code) Ebenezer <woodbrian77@gmail.com> - 2012-02-18 20:02 -0800
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