Re: Benefits/Drawbacks of C (was Re: something I ...)

[Patrick Dunford]

Brad Beveridge wrote:

[snip]
 

I let overall clarity be my guide, rather than a number. If it is 
clearer to have an 80-line method, then that's what I'll 
write, rather 
than splitting it artificially into a dozen tiddly methods.

Cheers,
Carl.
   

And we get to the crux of computer science.  IMHO, as soon as you move
from the theoretical aspects of CompSci into the practical, ie
programming, Computer Science stops being a science and starts being an
art.
 

Actually, we were instructed by professional programmers.