Just look into the variety of music notation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musical_notation
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musical_notation>Believe me, there's a lot of bickering over this. Should it be "classic european" or tablature style for guitar, or maybe just chord names and a rhythm? What about Jazz then, perhaps a chromatic stave is far more appropriate? Are the tenor and bassus signatures acceptable? If so, when? (they're sometimes seen in vocal work) Or byzantine/modal pieces, which don't fit cleanly with the modern "tempered" scale Speaking of which... there's also microtonality to consider, how is that best written? This is *very* related to programmers' debates about spacing and tab placement :) On 20 September 2010 15:14, Reinier Zwitserloot <[email protected]> wrote: > I have no idea how any of this is related to giving programmers the > ability to bicker endlessly about pointless trivialities such as tabs. > v spaces, and/or the strange notion that giving programmers the > ability to louse up their indents is more important than generating > useful and localized error messages when there are syntax errors. > > On Sep 20, 3:21 pm, Josh Berry <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 2:34 AM, Reinier Zwitserloot <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > > > I don't think he invented it. For those who have an interest in it, a > > > better alternative is, instead of declaring that you return "A", > > > instead forget A and declare that you return "RuntimeException". Then, > > > advise people to use: > > > > I think you misunderstood my post. I was not intending that he invented > the > > "sneaky" throws. I was using that as a great example of a "literate > > program." Not only does it provide the functionality that the compiler > > needs, but it does a very good job of presenting the subject to other > > coders. Without having to rely on "compiler plugin magic happens here." > > > > And yes, I'll stand by my comparison of English/music to programming. > You > > twist my point into saying that "all programs should stand as a work of > > art." I don't believe that any more than I believe that "all novels are > > works of art." I contend that the best of each category likely fit that > > bill. > > > > To follow your definition that programming is all about "how" to write > > something. Have you not considered poetry? That is often specified down > to > > the number of syllables allowed. Does this make Haiku or other forms of > > writing less expressive? Of course not. Not any more than a very > skilled > > Java programmer/writer can be expressive in Java. (Which is why I > brought > > up James' post.) > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Java Posse" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<javaposse%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > > -- Kevin Wright mail / gtalk / msn : [email protected] pulse / skype: kev.lee.wright twitter: @thecoda -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
