Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!henry From: henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer) Newsgroups: net.lang.c Subject: Re: Re: more questions about efficient C code Message-ID: <5746@utzoo.UUCP> Date: Sat, 29-Jun-85 18:58:52 EDT Article-I.D.: utzoo.5746 Posted: Sat Jun 29 18:58:52 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 29-Jun-85 18:58:52 EDT References: <474@crystal.UUCP> <397@umcp-cs.UUCP> <721@wlcrjs.UUCP>, <665@lll-crg.ARPA> Organization: U of Toronto Zoology Lines: 15 > ... Any experienced C programmer recognizes this code > automatically and produces it without thinking. You have problems with > it because you are not an experienced C programmer yet. Rubbish. "Any experienced programmer should be able to understand that" really means "we know it's hard to read, but...". The idea is to make life as easy as possible for the poor guy who has to maintain the stuff next. Note "as easy as possible", as opposed to "not quite impossible". I've been programming in C for over a decade, by the way. -- "Maturity means doing what's right, not just what's easy." Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology {allegra,ihnp4,linus,decvax}!utzoo!henry