Re: TIB: "Programmer friendly"

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Subject: Re: TIB: "Programmer friendly"
From: Rene Kragh Pedersen <u971168@daimi.aau.dk>
Date: Fri, 06 Feb 1998 21:29:48 +0100
Organization: DAIMI - Department of Computer Science, University of Aarhus, Denmark.
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Tavis Segura wrote:
[...]

> "Programer friendly" displays are very useful, especially when you are
> working with subroutines and a lot of multi-lined statements.  However,
> indenting can get in the way as well.  Keep in mind how many letters the
> calculator screen can show in one line.

I never had a problem with that...Are you using a TI-92 (I am)?

> Indenting everything will make
> it harder to read commands from the calculator than it would be if
> nothing were indented.  Even then, it is still better to have some parts
> indented while editing.

Absolutely.

> I suggest keeping two copies of the program you are working on.  Edit
> the first one, using indentation, easily understood names, and
> subprograms.  Make the other one the optimized copy, balancing speed and
> size over readability after you know that your program and its parts
> work, and updating it only after finishing the first.  Make it more like
> manually 'compiling' your program, for lack of a better term.

This only works if you have a link to your computer, or if you delete
the original (easy-to-read) program. I don't have a link (nor a PC), and
I often decide to change a program later on, thus needing the easy
version.

-- 
          Rene Kragh Pedersen
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TIB: "Programmer friendly"

From: "Tavis Segura" <tavis@hotmail.com>