Ok /prog/, we all know indentation is stupid, but why does anyone use whitespace *anywhere*? It just makes the code take up that much more space on the disk, and it slows down the compiler because it has to read past all the whitespace so it can parse the code. I got rid of all my whitespace and my programs build so much faster now!
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Anonymous2007-05-16 17:24 ID:w7d341ib
Stop using IDE
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Anonymous2007-05-16 17:37 ID:5MMyGFvg
yeah, and down with line breaks too!
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Anonymous2007-05-16 18:03 ID:sNqpat/v
I don't know about you, but I use spaces and tabs to AND and OR... oh, wait. 'Compiler', you say? 'Build'? Sheesh. No wonder your code takes up so much space.
I'd use whitespace instead of parens to decide order of evaluation. For example:
i = 2+3 * 5
means you have to do 2+3 first. For niceness, I'd require an equal number of spaces before and after each operator. Another example:
i = 2 + 3/2 * 8
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Anonymous2007-05-17 8:21 ID:+XVQ/efz
>>10
Your second example shows exactly why that is a bad idea. It requires a fixed-width font to make it at all understandable.
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Anonymous2007-05-17 8:29 ID:tfC3bF+2
>>10
That would great... for exactly two binary operations. Dumbass.
>>11 It requires a fixed-width font to make it at all understandable.
And this is bad because...?
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Anonymous2007-05-19 6:16 ID:puPM9aFk
>>15
If you happen to like variable-width fonts more, or if someone prints out your code with variable-width fonts.
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Anonymous2007-05-19 7:59 ID:8ov6C5eS
i have worked in maine, new hampshire, new york,utah, colorado,florida,bahamas.
never indented my code!
im undefeated in competitive obfuscation of code.
im on my way to IOCCC.
go ahead and come step anytime you want.b*tch
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Anonymous2007-05-19 11:49 ID:+Us5sFuc
Here, I dont get the OP is not using whitespace supposed to be cool?
doCoolPeopleTalkLikeThis?
IDontThinkSo.
Cool people use spaces to seperate words, and they use punctuation (and paranthesis yes I have read sicp!) to emphasize meaning.
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Anonymous2007-05-19 12:11 ID:puPM9aFk
>>18
There are to misspellings in your last sentence.
>>18
I also don't speak in code. There's a difference.
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Anonymous2007-05-19 20:27 ID:o+vvkE+I
whitespace is generally ignored or taken out of your code by the compiler. You must be using a higher level language to be worried about whitespace. My advice, stop using VB and use a real language that is scalable.
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Truth. I still laugh at the imbecile rejects for teachers I had at uni. They had to print code to read it! Ha ha ha, that's why they won't get a real job. Let them enjoy their 100 shee(i)ts of code, searching for functions, and lack of colour and parens/braces matching.
I had an instructor that didn't even know what the fuck the java code did (yes, we are forced to take java classes at my goddamn university. then they dump us into C and expect us to know what the fuck we are doing.), and the code was so simple to manage arrays. what do i get, in big fucking red letters(in pen of course cause it was printed) "what does this do?"