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Subject: PHILOSOPHY & CM
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Date: 13 Apr 90 03:10:31 GMT
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 Date: 04-11-90 (22:34)              Number: 3111 (Echo)
   To: JACK BROWN                    Refer#: 3110
 From: JERRY SHIFRIN                   Read: NO
 Subj: CHUCK MOORE AND FORTH         Status: PUBLIC MESSAGE

 JB>Literate programming is at the extreme opposite end of the scale from
 JB>Chuck's postion.  Programs should not only contain comments they shou
 JB>be typeset in beautiful fonts with complete explanations of the

 While I think Chuck tends towards the extreme in terms of cryptic
 coding, I'm afraid I don't see great virtue in the other extreme.
 I remember when I was first getting started in programming and
 these guys would show me how they took great pains to line up all
 their variable names, commas, etc.  They put greater energy into
 the appearance of the code than they did into its functionality.
 At the time I thought that was decadent and I've seen no reason
 to change my opinion.

 I beieve that there is reason to be concerned with form, but not
 more so than substance.
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