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From: mick@auspyr.UUCP (Mick Andrew)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: Writing readable code
Message-ID: <6858@auspyr.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 26-Jun-87 12:28:24 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jun 26 12:28:24 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 27-Jun-87 13:59:51 EDT
References: <1158@copper.TEK.COM>
Organization: Austec, Inc., San Jose, CA. USA
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in article <1158@copper.TEK.COM>, stevesu@copper.TEK.COM (Steve Summit) says:

[ All kinds of good stuff deleted. ]

Steve Summit made an excellent posting regarding writing clear, understandable
code.  More good sense and useful observations than have been seen on the 
net in many moons.

I agree 99.9% with all of his comments on coding style, especially
the awful habit of making code "better" by reducing the total character count.

In the spirit of
 		if(p != NULL)  vs.    if(!p)

I offer one of my favourite obfuscated one liners:

		if (strcmp(s1, s2) == 0)     vs.   if (!strcmp(s1, s2))


In general, I try to use the yardstick, 
"if it seems like a neat trick, don't do it!"

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