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From: moss@BRL.ARPA (Gary S. Moss (AMXBR-VLD-V))
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Subject: Re:  C Programming Style -- New thought (\"writing code\")
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Date: Fri, 26-Jul-85 09:59:15 EDT
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: General question: does anybody "write code" on paper first any more?

Sure, FORTRAN programmers and any one else who writes code where one must
span many pages to figure out what is happening.  You can always spot such
a person by the huge stacks of printouts on their desk because you also
need to spread it out to read it.

Of course this is just a stereotypical generalization.  Even tight code is
easier read when you can see several pages at once, its just that for me,
the need to GREP for stuff supercedes it.

Typing ability probably has a lot to do with it to.  If you can write with
a pencil faster, and YOU can read YOUR writing, knock yourself out (of course
eventually someone has to type it in, seems like a redundant exercise).

-moss