OpenEuphoria

Re: Learn DOS or Win32 first?

• Posted by Graeme <graemeburke at CROSSWINDS.NET> Dec 20, 2000
• 478 views

At 02:10 PM 19/12/00 -0000, You wrote:

>The term programming "language" implies communication, not just between a
>person who wants something done and a computer that has the power to do it,
>but between people who need to discuss code and algorithms and things of a
>programming nature, and who may even need to maintain or enhance each
>other's code. That's the real world. It is a very meaningful and telling
>thing to have an(other) experienced programmer say, "I looked at your code,
>but I don't understand it."
>
>Via personal email, I treated Sperry to my essay on clarity, which I won't
>go into here (HUH? YOU MEAN THAT WAS THE SHORT VERSION?!-ED), except to say
>that I would argue that if you aren't writing code that easily becomes
clear to
>other programmers, you probably aren't too clear on what you're doing
yourself,
>or at least you may have trouble maintaining your own code, which is a
problem if
>you ever want to engage in long-term projects. Performance seldom suffers
>significantly from writing clear code, and if it does then carefully write
detailed
>docuemtnation to elucidate the "tricky" code.
>
>That's all I feel moved to share at this juncture.

My, that sounded so impressive I searched the RDS page for an example of this
perfect clarity. Couldn't find anything. Havn't been round this list for a
couple of years. Been a bit busy writing a discount matrix/pricing system
for the company I work for (amoungst other things). When/if I leave there may
well be a vacancy for an experienced EU programmer (preferably one with enough
grey-matter to understand someone else's code). The problem with this list
has always been that there are too many people sitting around STROKING their
phylosophical navels and not enough people doing the actual work. The Euphoria
community has always had some good programmers and community members. People
who's contributions enrich the communal pool, either by asking or answering
questions, or contributing useful code, and it has always had hangers-on who
are only there to stroke their own egos by spouting off and trying to prove
others wrong. SOME of them have even been half-decent coders, however they
seldom actually contribute anything that helps anyone else.

I tend to call these people "Strokers" 8^)
They are the reason that email filters were invented.

Graeme.
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