Re: Order of argument evaluation in C++, etc.

Thomas Way <way@cis.udel.edu> wrote:


> 2) In my opinion, it makes code difficult to read and support
> when function calls contain all sorts of expressions that
> are evaluated. Single statements tend to span lines more
> than necessary, and this alone slows down the task of
> digging through a year or two later to improve or otherwise
> rework pre-existing code... Particularly if it is not your
> own handiwork.


Uh... I think that many in the 'functional programming' community would
disagree with you ever so slightly. They would also suggest that you
acquire a better 'pretty printer' (code beautifier/indenter).


The newbies that I have taught have had a _much_ easier time learning
Lisp than they had learning Pascal. For some reason, the multiple statements
that you are so fond of were actually a barrier for them.


But we digress into stylistic differences, which we agreed were not
a fit topic for standards committees.


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