Coding Standards. was: a style question
Peter da Silva
peter at ficc.ferranti.com
Thu Nov 29 06:32:35 AEST 1990
In article <6733 at uceng.UC.EDU> dmocsny at minerva.che.uc.edu (Daniel Mocsny) writes:
> Even a fairly poor standard will beat no standards almost every time,
> provided that the poor standard begins with a large-enough share of
> the user base. [uses English language as an example]
Ah, but consider what it would be like to have to express oneself:
1) In bureaucratese which
a) is the sort of standard that standards committees
generate
i) with the best of intentions
ii) despite their own best efforts
b) is capable of driving people
i) insane
A) clinically
B) metaphorically
ii) to desparate acts
c) nobody wants to read, whether
i) they want to
ii) they have to
A) as a job requirement
B) simply to get along
I) with friends
II) with family
III) with the government
... etc...
--
Peter da Silva. `-_-'
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peter at ferranti.com
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