On 8/16/2010 3:20 PM, Rick Fochtman wrote:
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It's best to write code that is readable and maintainable before
worrying about performance.
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An appropriate use of comments can make ANY code understandable.
That depends on how much time you have available to gain that
understanding. Case in point being an APL program, fully
documented, that failed for some input data. All the
documentation tells you is what the programmer hopes the program
does.
Gerhard Postpischil
Bradford, VT
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