On Thu, 18 Dec 2025 at 18:01, c186282 wrote:
>Oh, I usually write "i=i+2". It's a bit more
>clear and becomes the same code anyway. +=
>is more a 'C' thing.
As are semicolons and /* */ comments.
ChrisA
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The other recommendation i would make is to shorten the response the player
needs to give when choosing their option. "R", "P", "S" is sufficient to
determine the player's choice. Making the player enter the whole word
introduces opportunity for misspellings. I would also allow the player to
ent
On Thu, 18 Dec 2025 03:28:34 - (UTC), John Levine wrote:
> According to c186282 :
>> Well ... I'll better understand, and be able to mod, my old programs
>> better than you. I find 'excessive' commenting anything BUT
>> 'excessive'. I *enjoy* writing out the meaning and implications of
On 12/17/25 17:11, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
On Wed, 17 Dec 2025 16:17:30 -0500, Dan Espen wrote:
Lawrence D’Oliveiro writes:
On Mon, 15 Dec 2025 12:57:57 +, mm0fmf wrote:
On 14 Dec 2025 11:56:42 GMT, Stéphane CARPENTIER wrote:
My issues with python are:
- It's using indentations, s
On 12/17/25 22:28, John Levine wrote:
According to c186282 :
Well ... I'll better understand, and be able to mod, my
old programs better than you. I find 'excessive' commenting
anything BUT 'excessive'. I *enjoy* writing out the meaning
and implications of almost every step.
That'
According to c186282 :
> Well ... I'll better understand, and be able to mod, my
> old programs better than you. I find 'excessive' commenting
> anything BUT 'excessive'. I *enjoy* writing out the meaning
> and implications of almost every step.
That's fine as long as it's done with adequ
On 12/17/25 14:17, rbowman wrote:
On Wed, 17 Dec 2025 03:11:09 -0500, c186282 wrote:
Probably 50% of the text in my code - doesn't matter which lang - is
'comments'.
I looked at some of my code and it's pretty much comment free. There are a
couple of .c files with comments that I reus
On Wed, 17 Dec 2025 22:13:21 +, Richard Kettlewell wrote:
> If you prefer the comment markers to match the indentation of the whole
> block, that works too:
I keep it simple and use the first column, s/^/#/ in vim. s/^#// to make
them go away.
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Then """ and """ are your better friends.
Dan Espen[-]
It is interesting how the """ has to obey the indention rule.
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Dan Espen writes:
> Lawrence D’Oliveiro writes:
>> On Mon, 15 Dec 2025 12:57:57 +, mm0fmf wrote:
>>> On 14 Dec 2025 11:56:42 GMT, Stéphane CARPENTIER wrote:
My issues with python are:
- It's using indentations, so when I comment a block of code to see
what happens, it breaks
Lawrence D’Oliveiro writes:
> On Mon, 15 Dec 2025 12:57:57 +, mm0fmf wrote:
>
>> On 14 Dec 2025 11:56:42 GMT, Stéphane CARPENTIER wrote:
>>
>>> My issues with python are:
>>> - It's using indentations, so when I comment a block of code to see
>>
>> ''' and ''' are your friend
>
> Unless the
On Wed, 17 Dec 2025 03:11:09 -0500, c186282 wrote:
>Probably 50% of the text in my code - doesn't matter which lang - is
>'comments'.
I looked at some of my code and it's pretty much comment free. There are a
couple of .c files with comments that I reused from another project that
have
On 12/16/25 20:54, rbowman wrote:
On Tue, 16 Dec 2025 21:45:42 - (UTC), Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
On Mon, 15 Dec 2025 12:57:57 +, mm0fmf wrote:
On 14 Dec 2025 11:56:42 GMT, Stéphane CARPENTIER wrote:
My issues with python are:
- It's using indentations, so when I comment a block of
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