Re: LOGO-L> Software

[George Mills <mills@softronix.com>]

I've been trying to preach your same thoughts on this forum for
years but I don't think I was quite so blunt :-) Although
I have seen significant improvement we still have a ways to go.

There always seems this idea that less "lines" of code means
"better" code.

Nice to see a healthy reminder from another voice.

John_Penney@post.peek-traffic.co.uk wrote:
> 
>      I follow the discussions and examples posted to this list with much
>      interest, although I am not a formal educator (though I am the parent
>      of three young children!).
> 
>      Although I am often impressed by the ingenuity and elegance of some of
>      the examples posted here, I am often shocked at their illegibility.
> 
>      I am a software engineer and from bitter experience, I know that the
>      most successful code is *not* the most ingenious or the most elegant.
>      Most software is written by a team of people collaborating to produce
>      a large system; most effort goes in fixing and maintaining code
>      written by other people; the most successful and error-free code is
>      the simplest and best commented!
> 
>      Writing clever software can be very satisfying and educational from
>      the personal perspective - I know, I've been there!  But it worries me
>      a little that the pupils on the receiving end of these beautiful Logo
>      examples might think that the world of commercial software engineering
>      is the same.
> 
>      The satisfaction of being a software engineer in the real world comes
>      from a clean design, clear, concise interfaces and readable code!
> 
>      I await your responses with interest...
> 
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