A question of commas

D'Arcy J.M. Cain darcy at druid.uucp
Sat Dec 9 00:38:57 AEST 1989


In article <1989Dec7.192215.27671 at aqdata.uucp> sullivan at aqdata.uucp (Michael T. Sullivan) writes:
>From article <257E97F4.24962 at ateng.com>, by chip at ateng.com (Chip Salzenberg):
>> 
>> For example, "i = i + 1" is inherently harder to read than "i++", since the
>
>But more programmers (BASIC, pascal, etc.) use "i = i + 1", and using "i++"
>assumes future programmers working with the code know C.  Obviously, the
>first choice is the correct choice :-|.

Huh!! You mean C code should be readable by people who don't know C?

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