On 3/16/2012 17:48, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
On Fri, 16 Mar 2012 13:10:12 +0100, Kiuhnm wrote:
Maybe we should define *exactly* what readability is (in less then 500
lines, if possible).
If you can't be bothered to read my post before replying, save yourself
some more time and don't bother to reply at all.
I quote from the part of the my post you deleted:
When people talk about readability, they normally mean to
ask how much mental effort is needed to interpret the
meaning of the text, not how much time does it take to
pass your eyes over the characters. In other words they
are actually talking about comprehensibility.
Unless I've made a mistake counting, that's less than 500 lines.
According to your view, ASM code is more readable than Python code. It's
just that there's more to read in ASM.
What a ridiculous misrepresentation of my position. Readability is not
proportional to length.
Ok, so length and readability are orthogonal properties.
Could you please explain to me in which way
mov eax, 3
should be less readable than
for i in x: print(i)
?
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