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On that note.. Have I mentioned lately that every time I read any code covered by GPL I start thinking of this book? Not to long ago I wanted a refresher since it had been awhile since I'd done C. The author spends like 1/4th or more of the book talking about how to comment and format code.. I'm like, "yeah its important but do you need to waste half a book on it." Then I look at just about any C code covered by the GPL and I think... "yes he did".. Only I think he should have said "AND THIS MEANS GNU" (ha ha).. Seriously, does anyone know if somewhere in the GPL it states that you must write such disgusting code that it must look like you've run it through an obfuscator? Ironically the GCJ code is the best written code in all of GCC for certain. It has comments, etc. In due fairness to the author its obfuscation is probably by necessity of depending on GCC's stuff. Not saying that the code quality of opensource isn't pathetic anyhow or that I'm a perfect coder, but there is some strange force at work that makes GPL'd code have to out do us all.

created sat dec 28 2002 8am cet [2002/12/28 CET] permalink

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