I used to have a C programmer working for me that reveled in
condensing multiple lines of C code to a single statement, much more
obtuse than that.
He is no longer employed here.
Nuff said
Doug
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Aside from it not being readable, compacting C code like that can reduce
From: Charles_Shaffer
Aside from it not being readable, compacting C code
like that can reduce portability. Different compilers
may evaluate complex, compacted code differently.
Same thing has actually happened with BASIC code that's ported
from one platform to another.
Rule of thumb:
This is one of the reasons why I continue to x=x+1 instead of x++
Not all languages support the ++, but they all support x=x+1
George
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And as a side-note most compilers worth using will generate the same machine
instructions when you optimize, so there's no benefit in the cute versions.
The more long-winded readable version is much more valuable in the long
run... IMO
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This has whole topic has been mentioned on here before, and my stance is the
same, if you can not read that code and work it out in 4 seconds, then maybe
you should not be a programmer. Code is code, read it , understand it, get
over it
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I agree with Tony.
You can write dense code, but the goal should always be to write clear,
documented, code so the next programmer doesn't have to figure out what you
are trying to do.
The more dense the code, the higher the cost to maintain the code.
The beauty of PICK code is that you
I agree, if it took you more than 4 seconds to work that piece of code
out you shouldn't be a programmer.
But if it requires working out and thus at least twice as long than
reading a simple if-then-else statement it's definitely not a brilliant
piece of code.
On 16/01/2012 20:16, Symeon
It's not about whether somebody can or can't read the code, it is about
productivity and avoiding errors. Why should it take 4 seconds to figure
out a line of code? 4 seconds times a thousand lines of code is over an
hour of wasted time.
Charles Shaffer
Senior Analyst
NTN-Bower Corporation
I have a customer who is setting up a brand new user in UV on Windows --
this is a running machine, has been for years -- but the first new employee
is a long while.
This new user, when they get the Telnet log on and put in their user
name/password is NOT being asked for the path to account they
Hi Tony,
That is high praise indeed! I don't know Mark, but he sounds like
someone I would enjoy working with very much. Hopefully he will get to
read this. I would like to make his acquaintance.
I have always worked hard to write clean, orderly code. That way the
poor sap (sometimes me)
Hi George,
Are there any implementations now that don't support X += 1? Not that I
have a problem with X = X + 1 - works just fine and is very clear. I
usually try to code to the common denominator, within reason, of course.
Over my 34 years in the biz I've been through a lot of conversions
I wasn't just referring to flavors/implementations of PICK, but I also do a lot
of cross language pick, perl, javascript, php, vb, java, etc
I hate having to remember whether I can use a ++ or ++= or =++ or whatever.
It's funny, I'll use x=x+1 because it always works, and
almost always, someone
Hi David,
Confirm that the UV.LOGINS entry for the user is correct. Whilst they
are in the UV account, have them ED UV.LOGINS username. If they are a
domain user their record should look like this:
ED UV.LOGINS username
5 lines long.
: P
0001: domain i.e BOBCOM
0002:
0003: uv account path
David,
Have you client look at one of the users that is working. You will
find that they are an admin on the UniVerse box. If they want the user to
be prompted for the account. If they want the user to log into a specific
account then they need to change the user policy on the telnet
I understand - and I agree with you 100%. You have it even tougher
working cross-language. I don't envy you. Back in the 80s a programmer
told me I would starve if I didn't learn C. Then in the 90s another told
me I'd starve if I didn't get into Java. I've been very fortunate that
I'm still
I can vouch for Charlies code because I still work on some that he wrote
over 13 years ago. Universe is much more forgiving on 'nix systems. On
Windows, not so much. Of course that may be because 'nix systems are
more forgiving than Windows. When I come across code such as the one
that started
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