From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Emanuel Berg Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Always using let* Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2014 00:20:25 +0200 Organization: Aioe.org NNTP Server Message-ID: <87oaug8r12.fsf@debian.uxu> References: <87fvfukmso.fsf@Equus.decebal.nl> <93faab1c-96bd-4188-9686-3869fc027601@default> <87ppewkbjm.fsf@Equus.decebal.nl> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1410819924 1188 80.91.229.3 (15 Sep 2014 22:25:24 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2014 22:25:24 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Sep 16 00:25:16 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1XTehw-0006UY-8V for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 16 Sep 2014 00:25:16 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:34666 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XTehv-0006on-OZ for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 15 Sep 2014 18:25:15 -0400 Original-Path: usenet.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed1a.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!news.stack.nl!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 29 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: P0uMB9BthHuWo8+BJXB4Mw.user.speranza.aioe.org Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3 (gnu/linux) X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 Cancel-Lock: sha1:Uptfpl7dXDAiT1GzxmwgEFn5mF4= Mail-Copies-To: never Original-Xref: usenet.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:207664 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:99937 Archived-At: Cecil Westerhof writes: > A good point. Writing code is 20% of the time and > reading 80%. (Or so I am told.) No, that all depends. For a small or medium-size project with one developer, he will know his code so well even maintaining it will basically be "writing time", as he will know exactly where to change the code the moment an error occur. > But most of the time there is emphasis on speed of > writing, not on easy maintenance. You mean with silly books? "Write powerful programs with C++ fast!" I don't think there is an emphasis on speed but if there were I would support it because contrary to what many people think doing things fast almost always means doing them better. When you do things fast you trigger your brain to perform the most. The people who run the best, are the people who run the fastest! There is no contradiction between typing code fast and having maintainable code. -- underground experts united