"[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > But if a 1 person, using 1 language, with the same set of tools withing > a 3 month period implements the same algo without bugs - I'll bet you > the shorter one was theone written second.
You might lose that bet very often. I see often that additional checks are added to algorithms to handle special cases overlooked, or documentation added because a co-worker had problems with the notation. I rarely see my scripts shrink, they often grow. The only time they shrink is when I factor one or more modules out of it :-) > The fact that you many ppl will state the shorter line count of > rewrites is a sign of improving skill I disaprove if you want to make it a general rule. I have seen too many exceptions. > My skill level increases a lot faster than my coding style changes over > time. After 10 years that will change the other way around I guess. At least that's my experience. > So while far from conclusive, the fact that I find my code gets > shorter the second time - and it is usually done more skillfully, it > seems there is a correlation of some sort between lines of code and > quality. Yup, and this is exactly what frightens me the whole time in this thread. People looking for quality rules based on line count. It's wrong. -- John MexIT: http://johnbokma.com/mexit/ personal page: http://johnbokma.com/ Experienced programmer available: http://castleamber.com/ Happy Customers: http://castleamber.com/testimonials.html -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
