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> "Arved Sandstrom" wrote in message
> news:ZOhwj.38548$FO1.4192@edtnps82...
>
>> Stevan Apter wrote:
>>
>>> i'd rather say: "programs (in L) should be readable by people (who know
>>> L)." i have no idea how to determine absolute readability (except to
>>> require that the font-size be within a certain range.)
>>>
>
>
> thanks.
>
> languages make different trade-offs. i was once asked to write a
> style-manual
> for programmers new to k. this is the result:
> www.nsl.com/papers/style.pdf.
Looks familiar. We may have met briefly if you were in that office on
the 30th floor at UBS with the Special K carton outside. I wandered in
one day, ended up talking about GC with the K crew, got a free style
guide and K manual for my trouble. Might still have it somewhere.
I was a per diem guy so did not get the K training. :(
