Xref: utzoo comp.lang.c:15079 comp.unix.wizards:13682 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!rutgers!cmcl2!adm!smoke!gwyn From: gwyn@smoke.BRL.MIL (Doug Gwyn ) Newsgroups: comp.lang.c,comp.unix.wizards Subject: Re: Standards Message-ID: <9225@smoke.BRL.MIL> Date: 24 Dec 88 19:56:35 GMT References: <3229@ingr.UUCP> <253@athertn.Atherton.COM> <9166@smoke.BRL.MIL> <439@maxim.ERBE.SE> Reply-To: gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn (VLD/VMB) ) Organization: Ballistic Research Lab (BRL), APG, MD. Lines: 13 In article <439@maxim.ERBE.SE> prc@maxim.ERBE.SE (Robert Claeson) writes: -In article <9166@smoke.BRL.MIL>, gwyn@smoke.BRL.MIL (Doug Gwyn ) writes: -> I've read quite a few DoD coding standards, data format standards, -> program documentation requirements, etc. They're generally pretty -> horrible, requiring products that I personally would consider -> inexcusably poor workmanship! -So what style do *you* use when you write code, Doug? Whatever's appropriate for the language, etc., keeping in mind the needs of future maintainers (including myself after a few months). One thing I do NOT do is provide punched-card decks and flowcharts. (DFDs and FSA diagrams, yes, flowcharts, no).