What is beautiful or ugly code? These terms are very subjective. Code that
is hard to read is ugly. Code that uses misleading variable names, like say
FILENUM for something like the internal entry number of a Fileman file or
PATNUM for patient's DOB is ugly code. At a MUG meeting some years ago
somebody pointed out that one of the main jobs of code was to be easy to
read and easy to maintain by other programmers. The speaker even suggested
that it is secondary that the code execute correctly.
Jim Gray
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From: "Gregory Woodhouse" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net>
Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2005 3:24 PM
Subject: Re: [Hardhats-members] Data dictionary question...
I don't think it's just an issue of being "beautiful".At least in my
experience, when something has seemed disquieting, either because it is
not aesthetically pleasing or because it looks awkward or just doesn't
"feel right", that's been a good indication that there really is something
wrong. I've learned to back off and not just forge ahead with something I
"know" is wrong. Pursuing a solution that I subconsciously know is not the
right one has bitten me in the past, even if I thought I might be able to
save time with the course I was taking.
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Gregory Woodhouse
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"The most profound technologies are those that disappear."
--Mark Weiser
On Jul 12, 2005, at 1:44 PM, Kevin Toppenberg wrote:
Isn't if funny how we like things to not just to do
the job, but to also be "beautiful"? If your code
gets the job done, then its OK with me.. :-)
Kevin
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