> >> The parans have the same function as commas in most latin alphabet >> based languages: to convey structure. > >I think you've picked the wrong analogy. The rules of the language >dictate certain cases in which commas are required. Extraneous use of >commas decreases readability.
Wrong, there are 3 major systems for commas, but lets not open that discussion now. >When it comes to code, do you not agree that the trained eye knows which >operators to seek to first in an expression? I can't think of an analogy >in the English language, since one doesn't "seek to" commas, one simply >reads from left to right. A little to little or a little too much is equally evil. I personally prefer more parans than my C compiler needs. -- Poul-Henning Kamp FreeBSD coreteam member p...@freebsd.org "Real hackers run -current on their laptop." FreeBSD -- It will take a long time before progress goes too far! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majord...@freebsd.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
