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Post #113,884

by tuberculosis

8/15/03 1:54:20 PM

Its like cleaning house

You get a feel for things after awhile - but basically anytime you spot a chunk bigger than 2 lines long of nearly identical code, its time for a new function.

The other metric is that of a "thought".

Each thought should be a function/method/reusable thing.

The more advanced a program gets - the smaller it gets.

Smalltalk is dangerous. It is a drug. My advice to you would be don't try it; it could ruin your life. Once you take the time to learn it (to REALLY learn it) you will see that there is nothing out there (yet) to touch it. Of course, like all drugs, how dangerous it is depends on your character. It may be that once you've got to this stage you'll find it difficult (if not impossible) to "go back" to other languages and, if you are forced to, you might become an embittered character constantly muttering ascerbic comments under your breath. Who knows, you may even have to quit the software industry altogether because nothing else lives up to your new expectations.
--AndyBower

Positional parameters vs. Named parameters. - (static) - (30) - Aug. 13, 2003, 10:19:59 AM EDT

Is it possible to ... - (jbrabeck) - Aug. 13, 2003, 10:28:41 AM EDT

Not sure i'd use a dictionary - (ChrisR) - (5) - Aug. 13, 2003, 10:53:14 AM EDT

That last suggestion... - (admin) - Aug. 13, 2003, 11:14:25 AM EDT

Problem with overloading - (drewk) - Aug. 13, 2003, 11:27:46 AM EDT

To be honest, I don't know. - (static) - Aug. 14, 2003, 12:00:27 AM EDT

Python cookbook example + discussion: - (FuManChu) - (1) - Aug. 14, 2003, 02:45:29 AM EDT

Interesting. Some good ideas there. -NT - (static) - Aug. 14, 2003, 02:51:47 AM EDT

A technique - (tuberculosis) - (4) - Aug. 13, 2003, 11:48:39 AM EDT

That's pretty much what I'm trying to do. - (static) - (3) - Aug. 14, 2003, 12:33:13 AM EDT

Best Advice: Be merciless in your refactoring. - (tuberculosis) - (2) - Aug. 14, 2003, 02:28:14 PM EDT

Re: Best Advice: Be merciless in your refactoring. - (deSitter) - (1) - Aug. 14, 2003, 02:36:13 PM EDT

Its like cleaning house - (tuberculosis) - Aug. 15, 2003, 01:54:20 PM EDT

May be you have a class trying to get born - (Arkadiy) - Aug. 13, 2003, 02:33:49 PM EDT

Can't say without code - (JayMehaffey) - (2) - Aug. 13, 2003, 03:22:19 PM EDT

Define 'better' :-) [+ some examples] - (static) - (1) - Aug. 14, 2003, 12:26:08 AM EDT

Re: Define 'better' :-) [+ some examples] - (JayMehaffey) - Aug. 14, 2003, 03:49:31 PM EDT

another solution - (tablizer) - (11) - Aug. 16, 2003, 04:08:51 AM EDT

No, it's not. - (static) - (10) - Aug. 16, 2003, 07:53:22 AM EDT

That is more syntax - (tablizer) - (9) - Aug. 19, 2003, 11:49:09 PM EDT

OT: Bryce... - (folkert) - (1) - Aug. 19, 2003, 11:50:34 PM EDT

OT: I don't have access to receipt. On biz travel - (tablizer) - Aug. 24, 2003, 02:06:08 PM EDT

Also more limited - (JimWeirich) - (6) - Aug. 20, 2003, 01:30:02 PM EDT

There be XML -NT - (Arkadiy) - (1) - Aug. 20, 2003, 02:40:14 PM EDT

but XML "solves" the problem by not having variables -NT - (tablizer) - Aug. 24, 2003, 02:13:45 PM EDT

minor issues IMO - (tablizer) - (3) - Aug. 24, 2003, 02:15:27 PM EDT

I should have known. - (static) - Aug. 25, 2003, 06:02:24 AM EDT

Re: minor issues IMO - (JimWeirich) - (1) - Aug. 25, 2003, 04:54:32 PM EDT

difference in style - (tablizer) - Aug. 27, 2003, 02:31:45 AM EDT

I generally lean towards the hash solution - (ben_tilly) - (1) - Sept. 21, 2003, 06:13:56 PM EDT

That's a good idea. - (static) - Sept. 24, 2003, 08:30:32 AM EDT

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