Ken Moffat wrote: > Documentation/CodingStyle in the kernel source :)
Yes, look at the references. It's based on K&R where the terminal was a line printer with paper. It ignores research into programming comprehension that was done later with modern terminals. Compare to Strostrup in C++ as well as other research specifically intended to measure comprehension of source code. For instance, the first part of kernel document says "Tabs are 8 characters...". Why is that? Research says that comprehension is best at 2 to 4 characters. I could go on, but won't. -- Bruce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
