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Re: Improving the program, issues with logical operators, incorrect output

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On 09/09/15 21:42, Richard Heathfield wrote:
> On 09/09/2015 20:11, David Brown wrote:
>> On 09/09/15 17:01, Richard Heathfield wrote:
>>>  On 09/09/2015 15:11, David Brown wrote:
>>>
>>>  <snip>
>>>
>>>>  What I am going to recommend here is basically what is known as
>>>> "the one
>>>>  true brace style".
>>>
>>>  Heresy! Stop poisoning her mind! Her bracing style is Just Fine. Leave
>>>  it alone.
>>
>> You are beyond saving, but I believe there is hope for Alla_ yet.
>
> It's Alla, not Alla_. _ would appear to be her surname. (Oh, I *hope*
> that's true! It'd be one in the eye for an awful lot of computer systems.)
>
>>
>> Leave the dark side, with it's
>
> Can you see the damage 1TBS does, David? You're turning into a greengrocer!
>
>> strange and inconsistent mixture of
>
> Inconsistent? Me? Nonsense. Most of the time, I'm 100% consistent.
>
>> indentations and risky "else" clause, and write your code as the
>> prophets K and R intended!
>
> There's nothing risky about my else, I'll have you know. As for the
> prophets, they had the foresight to realise that they couldn't be
> expected to get /everything/ right, which is why they gave us such
> freedom in pracing our blaces. They knew that a sensible style would
> eventually evolve, and so it did - Allman style. (Nowadays we have to
> call it "Allperson".)
>
> Seriously, Alla, if you're reading all this guff, you may have realised
> by now that bracing style (and layout in general) really is a matter of
> religion. Pick a style that suits *you*, and pay no attention either to
> myself or David on that score, but be prepared to change it when to do
> so would be a genuine improvement. I picked a style early on, and I have
> more or less stuck to it for the last quarter-century, although I have
> tweaked it in minor ways over the years when I saw ways that it might be
> improved. I'm not daft enough to let someone else (especially not
> David!) pick my style for me, and neither should you be (unless
> someone's paying you, in which case of course they call the tune).
>

And if nothing else tells you how seriously we are taking this, the 
phrase "pracing our blaces" should be a hint!

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Improving the program, issues with logical operators, incorrect output Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2015-09-08 06:47 -0700
  Re: Improving the program, issues with logical operators, incorrect output fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2015-09-08 07:23 -0700
    Re: Improving the program, issues with logical operators, incorrect output Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2015-09-08 07:25 -0700
      Re: Improving the program, issues with logical operators, incorrect output fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2015-09-08 07:44 -0700
      Re: Improving the program, issues with logical operators, incorrect output Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-09-08 17:04 +0100
      Re: Improving the program, issues with logical operators, incorrect output Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-09-08 09:21 -0700
  Re: Improving the program, issues with logical operators, incorrect output Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-09-08 18:32 +0100
  Re: Improving the program, issues with logical operators, incorrect output Barry Schwarz <schwarzb@dqel.com> - 2015-09-08 15:53 -0700
  Re: Improving the program, issues with logical operators, incorrect output bartekltg <bartekltg@gmail.com> - 2015-09-09 15:42 +0200
  Re: Improving the program, issues with logical operators, incorrect output David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2015-09-09 16:11 +0200
    Re: Improving the program, issues with logical operators, incorrect output Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-09-09 16:01 +0100
      Re: Improving the program, issues with logical operators, incorrect output David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2015-09-09 21:11 +0200
        Re: Improving the program, issues with logical operators, incorrect output Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-09-09 20:42 +0100
          Re: Improving the program, issues with logical operators, incorrect output David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2015-09-09 22:23 +0200
          Re: Improving the program, issues with logical operators, incorrect output Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-09-09 13:41 -0700
            Re: Improving the program, issues with logical operators, incorrect output Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-09-09 22:21 +0100
            Re: Improving the program, issues with logical operators, incorrect output Les Cargill <lcargill99@comcast.com> - 2015-09-09 18:25 -0500
    Re: Improving the program, issues with logical operators, incorrect output Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2015-09-09 12:41 -0700
      Re: Improving the program, issues with logical operators, incorrect output David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2015-09-09 22:24 +0200
      Re: Improving the program, issues with logical operators, incorrect output Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-09-09 13:34 -0700
        Re: Improving the program, issues with logical operators, incorrect output Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2015-09-09 16:25 -0700
          Re: Improving the program, issues with logical operators, incorrect output Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-09-09 17:38 -0700
            Re: Improving the program, issues with logical operators, incorrect output fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2015-09-12 00:48 -0700
              Re: Improving the program, issues with logical operators, incorrect output fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2015-09-12 00:55 -0700
              Re: Improving the program, issues with logical operators, incorrect output David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2015-09-12 14:50 +0200
                Re: Improving the program, issues with logical operators, incorrect output fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2015-09-12 07:12 -0700
        Re: Improving the program, issues with logical operators, incorrect output David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2015-09-10 09:56 +0200
  Re: Improving the program, issues with logical operators, incorrect output gordonb.papec@burditt.org (Gordon Burditt) - 2015-09-11 17:18 -0500
    Re: Improving the program, issues with logical operators, incorrect output Barry Schwarz <schwarzb@dqel.com> - 2015-09-13 01:08 -0700
    Re: Improving the program, issues with logical operators, incorrect output Stephen Sprunk <stephen@sprunk.org> - 2015-09-13 19:03 -0500

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