On 23 April 2010 21:52, Michael Witten <mfwit...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 14:10, Richard Kenner > <ken...@vlsi1.ultra.nyu.edu> wrote: >> I've happened to be looking at a number of other free-software projects >> recently (having nothing to do with compilers) and find the quality of the >> code ABSOLUTELY APALLING. The formatting is random and very hard to read. >> There are almost no comments. There are few, if any, indications of what >> each function is supposed to do. And many of these projects have no >> documentation AT ALL except for some small FAQs or Wikis. > > Funny. I've always felt the same way about gcc and most GNU codebases... > > In fact, I've always felt the same way about the vast majority of > codebases that aren't my own :-D
Maybe contributing will teach you some team skills and style-tolerance? ;-) I felt a bit silly writing in GNU style at the beginning, but you get used to it because it is consistent. Now I can switch more easily between different styles and I don't feel the urge to rewrite everything in my style. I guess is like learning different languages. Cheers, Manuel.
