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Re: My code is dense, and hard to read, like the Washington Post.

From	moroney@world.std.spaamtrap.com (Michael Moroney)
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.advocacy, sci.physics
Subject	Re: My code is dense, and hard to read, like the Washington Post.
Date	2016-12-23 16:21 +0000
Organization	The World : www.TheWorld.com : Since 1989
Message-ID	<o3jiu8$v4p$2@pcls7.std.com> (permalink)
References	(5 earlier) <o3fgrl$6eb$1@pcls7.std.com> <Jeff-Relf.Me@Dec.22--2.36A.Seattle.2016> <o3hg73$k8h$1@pcls7.std.com> <jtaq5cd44la7u24lare2kj3an5dvm2k77l@4ax.com> <ec4r1jF7edgU1@mid.individual.net>

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flatfish+++ <flatfish@linuxmail.org> writes:

>On Fri, 23 Dec 2016 07:54:55 -0600, chrisv wrote:

>> Michael Moroney wrote:
>> 
>>> Jeff-Relf.Me <@.> writes:
>>>
>>>>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.
>> 
>> How ironic, from someone who posts HTML to USENET.

>Is that what he is posting?
>40Tude displays fonts so small I need a magnifying glass to read it.
>When I was playing with slrn the other day when I open his messages it
>asks if I want to process a MIME article.

>Weird stuff.

yeah, that's one of his obsessions, HTML to Usenet (usually with a fugly
font).

it's amusing he has to disable a zillion compiler warnings in his code.

He'd never make the cut here.

Too bad (for him), we may be doing some UTF-8 related work in a little
while.  (UTF-8 is another of Relfie's obsessions)
I may wind up getting some of it...

Thread

Technical challenge for DFS Incubus <incubus9536612@gmail.com> - 2016-12-16 07:18 -0800
  Re: Technical challenge for DFS DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-12-16 11:32 -0500
    Re: Technical challenge for DFS DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-12-16 11:37 -0500
    Re: Technical challenge for DFS Incubus <incubus9536612@gmail.com> - 2016-12-16 08:50 -0800
    Re: Technical challenge for DFS Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2016-12-16 09:32 -0800
  Loop(100) Jeff-Relf.Me <@.> - 2016-12-17 12:34 -0800
    Re: Loop(100) DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-12-18 00:44 -0500
      Command Line jockies use plenty of aliases, no ? ! Jeff-Relf.Me <@.> - 2016-12-17 21:59 -0800
    Re: Loop(100) moroney@world.std.spaamtrap.com (Michael Moroney) - 2016-12-19 17:20 +0000
      I don't worry about "optimizations", don't need to. Jeff-Relf.Me <@.> - 2016-12-19 10:56 -0800
        Re: I don't worry about "optimizations", don't need to. Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2016-12-19 11:23 -0800
        Re: I don't worry about "optimizations", don't need to. moroney@world.std.spaamtrap.com (Michael Moroney) - 2016-12-20 12:30 +0000
          Other people's code is hard to learn/modify. Jeff-Relf.Me <@.> - 2016-12-20 06:06 -0800
            Re: Other people's code is hard to learn/modify. Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2016-12-20 15:31 +0100
              Re: Other people's code is hard to learn/modify. chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2016-12-20 09:04 -0600
            Re: Other people's code is hard to learn/modify. moroney@world.std.spaamtrap.com (Michael Moroney) - 2016-12-20 15:06 +0000
              What The Fuck is wrong with your peers ? ! Jeff-Relf.Me <@.> - 2016-12-20 09:59 -0800
                Re: What The Fuck is wrong with your peers ? ! moroney@world.std.spaamtrap.com (Michael Moroney) - 2016-12-20 23:22 +0000
                I won, bigly. Jeff-Relf.Me <@.> - 2016-12-20 16:15 -0800
                Re: I won, bigly. DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-12-21 00:01 -0500
                AutoFormatting hides the fingerprints. Jeff-Relf.Me <@.> - 2016-12-21 02:55 -0800
                Re: AutoFormatting hides the fingerprints. Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2016-12-21 14:33 +0100
                Re: AutoFormatting hides the fingerprints. moroney@world.std.spaamtrap.com (Michael Moroney) - 2016-12-22 03:21 +0000
                My code is dense, and hard to read, like the Washington Post. Jeff-Relf.Me <@.> - 2016-12-22 02:36 -0800
                Re: My code is dense, and hard to read, like the Washington Post. moroney@world.std.spaamtrap.com (Michael Moroney) - 2016-12-22 21:22 +0000
                Re: My code is dense, and hard to read, like the Washington Post. chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2016-12-23 07:54 -0600
                Re: My code is dense, and hard to read, like the Washington Post. flatfish+++ <flatfish@linuxmail.org> - 2016-12-23 09:35 -0500
                Re: My code is dense, and hard to read, like the Washington Post. Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> - 2016-12-23 08:46 -0600
                Re: My code is dense, and hard to read, like the Washington Post. moroney@world.std.spaamtrap.com (Michael Moroney) - 2016-12-23 16:21 +0000
                My code is dense, and hard to read, like the Washington Post. Jeff-Relf.Me <@.> - 2016-12-23 08:52 -0800
                Re: My code is dense, and hard to read, like the Washington Post. moroney@world.std.spaamtrap.com (Michael Moroney) - 2016-12-23 19:12 +0000
                Re: My code is dense, and hard to read, like the Washington Post. chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2016-12-23 13:27 -0600
                Re: My code is dense, and hard to read, like the Washington Post. Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2016-12-23 20:56 +0100
                Re: My code is dense, and hard to read, like the Washington Post. Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2016-12-23 13:32 -0700
                Re: My code is dense, and hard to read, like the Washington Post. Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2016-12-23 22:40 +0100
                Re: My code is dense, and hard to read, like the Washington Post. Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2016-12-23 15:19 -0700
                Re: My code is dense, and hard to read, like the Washington Post. Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2016-12-23 14:30 -0800
                My C++ Coding Standards ( apologies to Bjarne Stroustrup ). Jeff-Relf.Me <@.> - 2016-12-23 17:06 -0800
                Re: My C++ Coding Standards ( apologies to Bjarne Stroustrup ). Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2016-12-24 10:40 +0100
                Re: My code is dense, and hard to read, like the Washington Post. jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2016-12-24 14:04 +0000
                Someday, if you're lucky, you'll know the freedoms I enjoy. Jeff-Relf.Me <@.> - 2016-12-23 08:05 -0800
                Re: My code is dense, and hard to read, like the Washington Post. GreyCloud <mist@cumulus.com> - 2016-12-23 13:49 -0700
                Re: I won, bigly. Silver Slimer <.m@nsn.s> - 2016-12-21 09:09 -0500
                Re: I won, bigly. benj <benj@nobody.net> - 2016-12-21 17:37 -0500
                Re: What The Fuck is wrong with your peers ? ! chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2016-12-21 07:14 -0600

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