[FRIAM] Whitespace

[Douglas Roberts]

An equally reasonable alternative suggestion: write every app as an APL
one-liner (no indentation nor whitespace needed).

;-]

On 9/11/06, Raymond Parks <rcparks at sandia.gov> wrote:
>
> Robert Holmes wrote:
> > So which is "better" coding style, foo[ 0 ] + bar[ 0 ] or foo[0]+bar[0]?
> > Where exactly should your block delimiters go and should they be
> > indented? Here's a chap who suggests bypassing whitespace debates by
> > building the coding style into the language: if you don't follow the
> > style you generate a compiler error. Might seem crazy, but I actually
> > find it quite compelling, particularly for projects where I'm
> > collaborating on common code.
>
>    Right on.  Everything should fit in 80 columns with the line number
> in the first 8 spaces.  All variables should be typed by their first
> letter.  Program flow should be direct, by jumping to a line number, or
> calculated.
>
>    Even better, eliminate the whole need for whitespace and simply write
> the value that needs to be in each bit next to the last bit.  You don't
> need whitespace to toggle code into memory.
>
> :-)
>
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