-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 9 May 1999 05:29:53 -0400, Zygo Blaxell wrote:
>It would appear that this rule combined with the 78-column line length is >designed to make all functions fit on a single page of printed paper. This >is a completely arbitrary decision (why 78? Why not 130? Why 50 lines, >and not 64, or 86?) and one that can have a negative impact on technical >quality of the code. The impact of this rule on code quality can be >similar to the impact of paying programmers per line of code written. Actually, I think it is because most programmers that I know of who code in at the console (not GUI) have a screen size of 80x50. :) >Keep functions a reasonable size. If you actually have to count lines >or characters to determine whether a function is reasonable in size, >then you are probably not qualified to write them. *snicker* I liked this one. - -- Steve C. Lamb | I'm your priest, I'm your shrink, I'm your ICQ: 5107343 | main connection to the switchboard of souls. - -------------------------------+--------------------------------------------- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGPsdk version 1.0 (C) 1997 Pretty Good Privacy, Inc iQA/AwUBNzVfHXpf7K2LbpnFEQLjlwCfQuwHVcY/CgQtKT5cvvsnUzc8bcEAoIuU sB+ZzkhOOdHejXwgjzzGKu5C =bbtH -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----