Re: OT: Why is C so popular?
On Thu, 2003-08-28 at 21:54, Alex Malinovich wrote:
> On Thu, 2003-08-28 at 14:50, Steve Lamb wrote:
> > On Thu, 28 Aug 2003 16:35:25 +0200
> > Francois Bottin <fbottin@free.fr> wrote:
> > > Compare it with SUN's recomendations for Java (but useable also for C):
> > > if (cond) {
> > > block;
> > > } else {
> > > block;
> > > }
> >
> > > In this case I find it much better than the GNU Coding Standards, and there
> > > is only one line more than Python...
> >
> > Except the else does not line up with the if and it is too easy to skip
> > over that line with your eyes and miss what it is.
>
> Actually, that's exactly my preferred coding style. The closing brackets
> always line up with what they're closing. Using the long approach of
>
> if (cond)
> {
> block;
> }
> else
> {
> block;
> }
BSD or Allman (since he did it at UC-Beserkeley) style.
> Has the same effect, but that's way too much wasted space.
>
> I think it all just boils down to personal preference and what people
> can see most easily. I can easily pick out an } else { while my eyes get
> confused with having to line things up over long vertical distances.
I solved that problem by putting my VT220 emulator in 132x48 mode!
When I use xterms, I just make them nice and long.
> Other people have the opposite problem. I think people should just use
> whatever they're most comfortable with that's possible in their
> environment. (e.g. I don't think it's possible to do a } else { line in
> python even when using comments because you'd have comment code comment
> on one line)
I wouldn't be surprised if most Python programmers prefer BSD style.
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