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Subject: Re: [boost] Boost Talk: "How I Code" (?)
From: Vicente Botet (vicente.botet_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-02-24 07:23:35


Krzysztof Czainski wrote:
>
> 2011/2/23 Gottlob Frege <gottlobfrege_at_[hidden]>
>
>> ie if you had to give your 1 favorite rule you code by, what would it
>> be?
>>
>
> One of my favorites:
> "Programs must be written for people to read, and only incidentally for
> machines to execute."
> -- Hal Abelson and Gerald Jay Sussman (Structure and Interpretation of
> Computer Programs)
>
>

I will add, libraries must be written for people to use, and only
incidentally for people to read.

Best,
Vicente

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