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From: jls@rutabaga.Rational.COM (Jim Showalter)
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Subject: Re: Documenting OO Systems
Keywords: operators
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Date: 3 Apr 91 20:03:17 GMT
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>I'm glad to hear it.  Because your tone of argument suggests that you
>believe writing in some particular language will prevent one from
>writing unreadable programs.

Not at all. I wish it WERE that simple, but obviously it is not.

>  It even suggests that you believe it is
>not possible to write readable programs in certain other languages.

Nope. But I DO believe that it is easier to write readable programs
in some languages than others, even using the same hygienic approach
to coding style, naming issues, etc.
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