reading your code

November 14th, 2007

Reading code can be more difficult than writing it.   Coding Horror quoting Stan Kelley-Bootle’s book “The Devil’s Dp Dictionary”:

your program (n): a maze of non-sequiturs littered with clever-clever tricks and irrelevant comments. Compare MY PROGRAM.

my program (n): a gem of algorithmic precision, offering the most sublime balance between compact, efficient coding on the one hand, and fully commented legibility for posterity on the other. Compare YOUR PROGRAM.

2 Responses to “reading your code”

  1. Niko Says:

    Hey Doug,

    The new site looks great. One question, though — the feed that’s detected by Firefox doesn’t seem to work when you try to put it in Google Reader. In fact, I can only get Safari to recognize the feed — but when you try to take that feed link into Google Reader, again, it doesn’t work. Any ideas?

    In any event, I can’t wait to keep up with your thoughts!

    Can’t wait to catch up back in NYC.

    All best,

    Niko

  2. fish Says:

    hahaha… see also this!

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