Beefy Boxes and Bandwidth Generously Provided by pair Networks
Just another Perl shrine
 
PerlMonks  

comment on

( [id://3333]=superdoc: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??

Even though I currently only write markup languages (starting to learn Perl lawlz), most of this makes good sense to me. I'm not a big fan of stuffing everything on one line just to do it, but if I can use shorthands for values I do. It's true, if someone can't read shorthands (esp if they are in the specs) then they shouldn't be reading it at all.

The "wider vocaulary" part works too. It's part of "use the right tool for the job" as usually this means less hammering around to get the ill-fitting piece to do the job someone else should've been doing, and if you don't know what's possible, you'll find yourself using a screwdriver to hammer in nails more often.

You know code is too bloated when you can clean it up, make it half the size it was and get exactly the same result with just as much readability as anything you would've written yourself.

elegant!=obscure


In reply to Re: Code Maintainability by Anonymous Monk
in thread Code Maintainability by mpeever

Title:
Use:  <p> text here (a paragraph) </p>
and:  <code> code here </code>
to format your post; it's "PerlMonks-approved HTML":



  • Are you posting in the right place? Check out Where do I post X? to know for sure.
  • Posts may use any of the Perl Monks Approved HTML tags. Currently these include the following:
    <code> <a> <b> <big> <blockquote> <br /> <dd> <dl> <dt> <em> <font> <h1> <h2> <h3> <h4> <h5> <h6> <hr /> <i> <li> <nbsp> <ol> <p> <small> <strike> <strong> <sub> <sup> <table> <td> <th> <tr> <tt> <u> <ul>
  • Snippets of code should be wrapped in <code> tags not <pre> tags. In fact, <pre> tags should generally be avoided. If they must be used, extreme care should be taken to ensure that their contents do not have long lines (<70 chars), in order to prevent horizontal scrolling (and possible janitor intervention).
  • Want more info? How to link or How to display code and escape characters are good places to start.
Log In?
Username:
Password:

What's my password?
Create A New User
Domain Nodelet?
Chatterbox?
and the web crawler heard nothing...

How do I use this?Last hourOther CB clients
Other Users?
Others avoiding work at the Monastery: (6)
As of 2024-03-28 08:12 GMT
Sections?
Information?
Find Nodes?
Leftovers?
    Voting Booth?

    No recent polls found