Re: [netrexx-pipelines] Migrate OS/2 pipelines to NetRexx Pipes

[J L. T. <jlt...@ma...>]

On 2022-06-18 08:02:19 hp...@we... wrote:
> Hi Leslie!
>
> Am 18.06.2022 um 07:50 schrieb J Leslie Turriff:
> >> [...]
> >
> > 	Courier and Courier New, IMO, should be deprecated; there are plenty of
> > other monospace fonts available that make the distinction clear, so
> > clinging to an outmoded typeface designed for use on a mechanical device
> > with limited number of keys seems like bad practice to me, and ought not
> > outweigh the advantages of using abbreviations.
>
> You are right in respect of my own PC, but I can't impede others
> which font to use reading my programs. Even prefixing every file
> with something like
> /* To view this REXX restrain from using Courier or Courier New,
> it could cause serious confusions */
> it might still be bad habit to code Do l = 1 to i ...
	This is just a philosophical observation, not 'I do this, so everyone else must also'
mandate. :-)  For readability, with single-letter loop variables I use uppercase (except
for 'o') to help with this issue.
>
> > 	I generally only use the abbreviations when writing pipelines 'on the
> > fly' to be executed directly from the command line; when writing them in
> > source code I use the fully expanded word because it better documents
> > what the pipeline is doing.
>
> What makes 'SFSDIRectory' document better what's going on than
> using 'SFSDIR'? -- I'm not convinced. I use shortcuts only, i)
> less typo-prone, ii) faster to catch, simpler to grasp. An example
> neither pipe nor REXX related: mnemonics for firmware programs.
> There is an emulator for HP's classic calculators which lists
> firmware unabbreviated -- awful tiresome for the eyes. For some
> reverse-engineering I had to convert it to mnemonics first.
	Well, I wouldn't say that 'SFSDIRectory' is a good example; something like
| specs fs # f 2 f5 w 8...
is not very understandable to newcomers, and sometimes if the spec is complicated enough I
find it worthwhile to use
| specs fieldseparator # field 2 field 5 word 8...
which helps my old brain, as well as any third parties who are trying to understand my
code.

Leslie
>
> Best,
> M.
>
>
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