On 08/13/2013 04:50 AM, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
On Tue, 13 Aug 2013 09:19:07 +0100, Joshua Landau wrote:
On 12 August 2013 16:47, Roy Smith <r...@panix.com> wrote:
I can't quite sort out the multiple quoting levels, but somebody said:
Programming like that is called trolling. A programmer that uses
trolling is called a troll. A troll can also refer to such a line of
code itself. My scripts contain a lot of trolls. It is easier for me
to read trolls than "typical" coding styles.
Please tell me this is all just an elaborate joke.
That was the OP (Devyn Collier Johnson, <devyncjohn...@gmail.com>) and
I, too, am hoping this is an elaborate joke. However, see
"http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~devyncjohnson-d/neobot/trunk/view/head:/
lib/beta_engine".
I am struggling to see what the punchline is...
If Artificial Intelligence code is hard to write, it damn well should be
hard to read too. Otherwise, how will people know how brilliant you are?
But seriously... I don't know what language Devyn is writing in Python,
but I've seen code like that before. Mostly code written back in the
early to mid 1980s. I may have even written some of it myself :-)
Anyway, I don't think we should badger Devyn, we're not his dad and we're
not the code police. All we can do is continue to demonstrate good,
idiomatic, *working* Python code, and hopefully he will learn to write
the same.
I now see why this programming style is called trolling. It brings the
worst out of people (^u^). Can I have the number for the coding police,
I want to turn myself in (^u^).
For me, this style is easier to read. I have tried the "typical" style,
but I find this one to be easier.
Good thing no one knows my address. A mob might show up at my door (^u^).
Once I have the next version of my chatbot released, I will tell you all
so you can see it work.
Mahalo,
devyncjohn...@gmail.com
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