From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Sankalp Subject: Re: Capitalisation and good taste ? Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2012 05:11:35 +0530 Message-ID: References: <87k4509rc1.fsf@iro.umontreal.ca> <87aa5wcitv.fsf@norang.ca> <87boqc9lok.fsf@iro.umontreal.ca> <87pqeri7c4.fsf@ucl.ac.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=14dae9cdc3ef7ee48c04b6350fc1 Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:46679) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RklKI-0000to-H3 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 10 Jan 2012 18:41:59 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RklKH-0001uE-6u for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 10 Jan 2012 18:41:58 -0500 Received: from mail-vx0-f169.google.com ([209.85.220.169]:35007) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RklKH-0001u7-3e for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 10 Jan 2012 18:41:57 -0500 Received: by vcge1 with SMTP id e1so126443vcg.0 for ; Tue, 10 Jan 2012 15:41:56 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <87pqeri7c4.fsf@ucl.ac.uk> List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Fran=E7ois_Pinard?= , Bernt Hansen , emacs-orgmode@gnu.org --14dae9cdc3ef7ee48c04b6350fc1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 2012/1/11 Eric S Fraga > pinard@iro.umontreal.ca (Fran=E7ois Pinard) writes: > > [...] > > > Should I say, I notice a strong correlation between rotten software and > > the lack of attention to such details. I'm not saying that avoiding > > trailing white space is a guarantee of good software. But I'm saying > > that people unwilling to pay attention to details are not prone to pay > > attention for a lot of other things, which is not good for software. > > What is interesting, to me, is that some of these details come down to > style preferences *and* that these preferences can change dramatically > over time. I have been programming for 35+ years and it's scary to see > how my preferences have changed, sometimes cycling several times with a > period of 5 or more years! > > I am thinking especially about things like indentation rules, blank > lines, multi-line versus single line comments, variable names, case > (cf. this thread), etc. Of course, the language in use affects the > choices available but there are always choices, none of which is > automatically and permanently correct. > > cheers, > eric > > -- > : Eric S Fraga (GnuPG: 0xC89193D8FFFCF67D) in Emacs 24.0.92.1 > : using Org-mode version 7.8.03 (release_7.8.03.73.gd2b3d) > > Thanks for the awesome Donald Knuth Video Fran=E7ois, a must watch for folk= s who love TeX and its wrappers. Don't have much to say for the Caps convention, except that the criterion suggested by Bastien seems fair enough. Regards, Sankalp --14dae9cdc3ef7ee48c04b6350fc1 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
2012/1/11 Eric S Fraga <e.fraga@ucl.ac.uk>
pinard@iro.umontreal.ca (Fra= n=E7ois Pinard) writes:

[...]

> Should I say, I notice a strong correlation between rotten software an= d
> the lack of attention to such details. =A0I'm not saying that avoi= ding
> trailing white space is a guarantee of good software. =A0But I'm s= aying
> that people unwilling to pay attention to details are not prone to pay=
> attention for a lot of other things, which is not good for software.
What is interesting, to me, is that some of these details come down t= o
style preferences *and* that these preferences can change dramatically
over time. =A0I have been programming for 35+ years and it's scary to s= ee
how my preferences have changed, sometimes cycling several times with a
period of 5 or more years!

I am thinking especially about things like indentation rules, blank
lines, multi-line versus single line comments, variable names, case
(cf. this thread), etc. =A0Of course, the language in use affects the
choices available but there are always choices, none of which is
automatically and permanently correct.

cheers,
eric

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: Eric S Fraga (GnuPG: 0xC89193D8FFFCF67D) in Emacs 24.0.92.1
: using Org-mode version 7.8.03 (release_7.8.03.73.gd2b3d)


Thanks for the awesome Donald K= nuth Video=A0Fran=E7ois, a must watch fo= r folks who love TeX and its wrappers.

Don't have much to say for the Cap= s convention, except that the criterion suggested by Bastien seems fair eno= ugh.

Regards,
= Sankalp
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