Why him does not use a natural language for programming?

[Bob Sneidar]

Aye but he wanted shorthand. I always use THE where I can, even when referring to cursors :-). I even put it before most variables because "into theFgColor" is more readable to me. 

Bob


On Feb 23, 2012, at 7:20 PM, J. Landman Gay wrote:

> On 2/23/12 6:46 PM, Bob Sneidar wrote:
> 
>> set foreColor of fld "myField" to blue
> 
> I'm hijacking this thread to complain about my pet peeve. The above syntax makes me crazy. Lots and lots and lots (and maybe more) well established developers use it, it works, there's nothing wrong with it, it's fine. But the missing "the" makes me stumble every time I read a line like that.
> 
> I think it bothers a certain engineer too because he once threatened to make the engine refuse to compile scripts if the "the" was missing. Fortunately he didn't follow through.
> 
> It is inconsistent to allow omission of "the" for engine properties but require it for our own. Enforcing consistent use of "the" would help new LiveCoders avoid pitfalls. And as long as we're talking about natural language, "the" belongs in there.
> 
> </rant>
> 
> Now that all that is over with, I'll confess that I simply cannot write "set the cursor to..." because it looks strange to me. I have to write "set cursor to..." But that's the only one. So I suggest the engine enforce all "the"s except for the single exception when referring to cursors. :P
> 
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