From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Eric S Fraga Subject: Re: Capitalisation and good taste ? Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2012 21:19:23 +0000 Message-ID: <87pqeri7c4.fsf@ucl.ac.uk> References: <87k4509rc1.fsf@iro.umontreal.ca> <87aa5wcitv.fsf@norang.ca> <87boqc9lok.fsf@iro.umontreal.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:54351) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Rkj6Q-0004G7-B4 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 10 Jan 2012 16:19:35 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Rkj6P-0003su-75 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 10 Jan 2012 16:19:30 -0500 Received: from vscane-b.ucl.ac.uk ([144.82.108.141]:59852) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Rkj6O-0003sn-Uy for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 10 Jan 2012 16:19:29 -0500 In-Reply-To: <87boqc9lok.fsf@iro.umontreal.ca> (=?utf-8?Q?=22Fran=C3=A7ois?= Pinard"'s message of "Tue, 10 Jan 2012 00:22:03 -0500") 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: =?utf-8?Q?Fran=C3=A7ois?= Pinard Cc: Bernt Hansen , emacs-orgmode@gnu.org pinard@iro.umontreal.ca (Fran=C3=A7ois 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 --=20 : Eric S Fraga (GnuPG: 0xC89193D8FFFCF67D) in Emacs 24.0.92.1 : using Org-mode version 7.8.03 (release_7.8.03.73.gd2b3d)