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From: DFS <nospam@dfs.com>
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Subject: Re: The more spastic the code, the greater the whitespace & comments.
Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2024 15:27:09 -0400
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On 3/20/2024 11:58 AM, Relf wrote:
> DFS:
>> Code without indentation and white space is unreadable
>> No programming book would EVER use it as an example of programming style.
> 
> The more spastic the code, the greater the whitespace & comments.


ha!  I knew you'd come thru with some drooling like this.

You know your crazed code would NEVER pass muster, which is why you once 
admitted:


DFS: "What are you gonna do when someone inherits your program?  You're 
not going to just let it die, are you?"

You: "Yes, absolutely, I'd tell the next poor fool to totally rewrite it."