Re: [BLACKBOX] Re [BLACKBOX] Seasons Greetings from Linuxland

From: [at]} <Wojtek>
Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2010 19:41:56 -0500

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> The following hypothetical examples are intended to show what a programmer
> could concoct if he has muddled thinking regarding boolean logic [snip]

My own conclusion is that one can write C in any language. One also can
write reasonable code in C. Some languages encourage good attitude while
others just the opposite, but at the end of the day it is the attitude,
which differentiates the masters from their opposites.

Playing devil's advocate, I remember my utter surprise when I read
statements in Project Oberon like "IF mouse = 1 THEN...". The mouse keys
were numbered 1,2,3 (or 0,1,2, don't remember) and these numbers were used
literally in the code published in the book (!!). A bit shameful, was it
not? In later versions the literal constants we replaced with ML, MM, and
MR, as they should have been from the beginning.

Even our gurus have had their bad days.

W.

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