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From: dmg@ssc-vax (David M Geary)
Newsgroups: comp.object
Subject: Re: Functions without side effects (was Old confusion)
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Date: 27 Jun 91 13:41:42 GMT
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]]] Phillip Lindsay
]]  Jim Showalter
]   Garry Hodgson


]] 
]] Here we go again. The C equivalent of the above would typically look
]] something like:

]]     prnt("I love named parameter names",5,lsptr,hlvtca);

]] This DOES take up less space. Is it more readable?

] You're doing it again, Jim.  This is the kind of thing that caused all
] the flamage about your earlier C-bashing.  Your points are valid enought
] without resorting to knocking down straw man code fragments.

] Try it this way:

]   Here we go again. The C equivalent of the above would typically look
]   something like:

]   	Print( "I love named parameter names", 5, Laserprinter, Helvetica );

] People can write good or bad code in whatever language they choose.
] I get tired of always hearing that all C programmers are undisciplined
] losers who couldn't ( or wouldn't ) write a clean line of code if their
] lives depended on it.  ( Yes, I Know you didn't say that ).

] Besides, complaining about C is sort of irrelevant.  C++ is here now,
] and provides a variety of features that make it easier to write clean
] and robust code.  It's like us raggin' on Ada because Pascal had
] problems.  Who cares?


]]] Really, Jim, it is getting very old.  Your postings are very
]]] egocentric and a waste of bandwidth. The world knows you love
]]] Ada. I prefer not to like Ada (having spent three years doing Ada
]]] related DOD development). And Jim, what you choose to call
]]] Software Engineering is not the sole domain of Ada. Please, try
]]] using the net for more productive discussion. Thanks.

  D I T T O.

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