OT about size... Re: [OT] Is there a relationship between Xtalk languages andsmalltalk?

[Chipp Walters]

OOPS, sorry, I meant to say:

My coding style favors readability and debugability over compactness and 
speed, except where speed is a real issue, (as in imagedata functions), 
then I'm all for it!

-Chipp

Chipp Walters wrote:
> Mark Wieder wrote:
> 
>> I'm constantly reengineering my old code, too, but I find that it
>> generally *grows* in size as I go back and add more comments. Trying
>> to do things in fewer lines can also sometimes lead to emphasizing
>> cuteness over readability.
> 
> 
> Amen, Mark.
> 
> I also find I end up adding more error handling code as I go.
> My coding style favors 'readability' over compactness, speed and 
> 'debugability' (is that a word?). For many tasks I attempt, such as 
> internet acess routines, the speed increases seen by further optimizing 
> code are largely offset by internet latency issues.
> 
> -Chipp
> 
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