Re: Term for elegant, efficient, tight code?

Subject: Re: Term for elegant, efficient, tight code?
From: "Michael West" <mbwest -at- bigpond -dot- net -dot- au>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2003 11:42:56 +1000


David wrote:

> At some point, we got into the definitions of
> the terms, and I commented on their usage by
> the CS professors and professionals I've known,
> among whom compilation and operation of a
> solution are assumed: they wouldn't even be
> considering code that wouldn't compile or that
> didn't work correctly.

Well, then I guess we agree.

But what you *wrote* was this:

" if it won't even compile, its elegance, efficiency,
and tightness don't carry much significance"

-- which suggests that it *can* have
"elegance" (albeit insignificant elegance)
even though it won't compile.

I understood Doc's citation to be arguing
the point that "elegance" requires a number
of things -- and among them the quality of
validity. So it seems that Doc also misunderstood
your intent -- or I have misunderstood Doc's
intent.

Glad that's all settled now. <Sigh> too.

Regarding your aside to Eric, a discussion of
terminology pertinent to science and technology
surely could not violate anyone's sense of propriety
in this forum. I suspect I'm the villain with my comments
about (cross)-dressing for success.

MW



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