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In hindsight I would have to agree.
If you can't laugh at yourself - ask me and I will do it for you.
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It has been said that hindsight is 2020.
Thank goodness!
If pigs could fly, just imagine how good their wings would taste!
- Harvey
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Obligatory response: That was a sick remark.
Injecting some humor: after a mime has lunch do we ask if the mutate?
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I could say some harsh things about that, but I will pushback my ventilator.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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Also the motto of 1347-1351, 1520, 1918-1919, 541-542,165-180, 1665, 1957-1958, 1889-1890, and others (in decreasing order of fatalities).
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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At least I think I'm referring to OG. I vaguely recall defending the K&R indentation style with OG pointing me why he thought Allman to be better.
A handful of years later and several projects where Allman style was mandated by coding rules it actually became my new indentation style, mostly for the reasons OG pointed to me (easier to see the nesting level of constructs, better block separation, easier manipulation of the condition statement regardless of the operation done in the block).
GCS d--(d+) s-/++ a C++++ U+++ P- L+@ E-- W++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- r+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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while(you believe this) {
Nope; }
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Worst thing I (very recently) saw: blocks indentated K&R with a blank line after each block opening, as in
while (something){
code
}
if (something){
code
}
Why use the K&R style at all if the code is not more compact anyway??
GCS d--(d+) s-/++ a C++++ U+++ P- L+@ E-- W++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- r+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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So, I suppose your point is that if one misuses something it doesn't work as planned.
Why am I not surprised?
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A little late to the game, aintcha?
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I use Allman because I often find that horizontal space is wasted and vertical space is used miserly. A condition is important, so it should stand out and be easy to read, and putting the left brace on the next line helps with that.
modified 31-Mar-21 11:26am.
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Vertical space means I can make notes and such.
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Notes where, on your fanfold printout?! 
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Pshaw! Legal-sized sheets, half-inch margins, duh.
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I don't remember the last time I printed code off! My guess would be 1999.
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I don't print my code, but I've printed inherited code on 11x17 paper with narrow margins, as I had to physically diagram it to figure out what it was doing ... 9 sheets in portrait mode using Courier 9 point.
In some cultures, a test of worthiness is going into battle. In IT? It's figuring out inherited code.
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Quote: I had to physically diagram it to figure out what it was doing
What happened to the original author?! That should have been job security! If I inherited that code, I'd have him renditioned and put under bright lights until that code got explained. 
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Greg Utas wrote: What happened to the original author?! That should have been job security! If I inherited that code, I'd have him renditioned and put under bright lights until that code got explained.
Dead men don't tell tales ...
He retired then died a week later.
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I actually wondered if that might be the explanation. ![Rose | [Rose]](https://codeproject.global.ssl.fastly.net/script/Forums/Images/rose.gif)
My guess is that code evolved many times, with no one having the inclination to restructure it.
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My _132 column_ fanfold printout ( don'tcha miss the green stripes? ) plenty of room for comments after column 80.
But I don't miss being near the chain printer.
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If I recall correctly, OG is a fan of Wintersmith
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Well, it was a good album, and an excellent pTerry book ...
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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I suppose you're a fan of whitesmith as well.
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I miss TP - and I'm not talking about tp.
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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You'd miss tp as well if it were gone.
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