Re: Euphoria vs The Other Guys --- and RTFM
- Posted by jaygade May 02, 2014
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Yes, lots of overthinking, and silly meta thinking.
The text example was too messy.
If I use puts and print for all my Euphoria examples then am I still programming in Euphoria 1.5 ? That explains why I have not tried updating the documentation for writef and writefln.
I do think that we should update our examples to use writef, writefln, and display.
If I am thinking in Pascal then I should use writefln all the time because I like the "ln" part of the procedure?
I actually like writef and writefln, I just haven't used them much because of habit and because of not having written much code lately.
If I use i,j,k for all my loops am I still programing in Fortran?
Isn't that an informal standard for loops, not just in Fortran? I learned those in BASIC and I still see them all the time in C as well. Most generic loop code that I see uses i,j,k and x,y,z. Sometimes n or m.
If your loop variable has a more specific meaning than just a counter then you would usually give it a more meaningful name.
Should I complain if I think in Python
for i in range(4): print i
and can't write generators and ranges?
No, of course not.
Ultimately how does this meta thinking mess up the documentation. How do I accomodate completely new programmers, and how do I provide documentation for most of you who know more programming than me?
_tom
Write the documentation for new or intermediate programmers. Don't assume experience in any other language. Old programmers can skim over the basics and get to the meat of what sets Euphoria apart.
IMO.
