Good points Kerry. On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 1:07 PM, Kerry Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
> Chas Warn wrote: > > > One guy may write a function in a few lines - another may take pages of > code > > to do the exact same thing. Who has the more logical brain? Who is the > > better programmer? > > I'm not sure that's a good criterion. I'm more interested in how well the > code performs, how well it is documented, and how easy it is to maintain. > Sometimes shorter code == more obscure code. Not always, of course--often > shorter code == a more elegant solution. > > There used to be contests to see who could cram the most C code into one > line. I have serious doubts about the value of that contest. Code should be > readable, documented, and maintainable. > > Also, sometimes more code == faster code. Consider looping through an > array--if you use an extra line to store the count, a for loop should run > faster than if you use something like myArray.count as an argument in the > for loop. > > Cordially, > > Kerry Thompson > > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders mailing list > [email protected] > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list [email protected] http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
