Andy: Ah, don't feel bad, Andy; this is a universal problem in programming that despite all kinds of efforts in "lucid programming", OOP, etc. no one has figured out. So while "code readability cannot be overemphasized," what this actually means also apparently cannot be defined.
From: http://www.jeffgainer.com/lucid_code/lc_cover.html "If you are a software professional, you know how software is created. Surely you recognize it. Chances are you live it: chaos." ;-) -- Bert > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Liaw, Andy > Sent: Monday, November 14, 2005 2:46 PM > To: 'Ernesto Jardim' > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [email protected] > Subject: Re: [R] open source and R > > However code readability can not be over-emphasized. I must > admit to have > written R code in such a supposedly `clever' way that I can't > figure out > what I was trying to do (or how I did it) a week later... > > Andy > > > From: Ernesto Jardim > > > > Hi, > > > > One single comment about the subject of this message. Open > source is > > about making the code _available_ for all, not making the code > > _understandable_ for all. > > > > Regards > > > > EJ > > > > > > ______________________________________________ > [email protected] mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide! > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > ______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
