Subject: Re: Time to update KNF?
To: Mike Cheponis <mac@Wireless.Com>
From: Eduardo E. Horvath <eeh@one-o.com>
List: tech-kern
Date: 01/19/2000 11:33:54
> Here is the "Discussion" section from the next to last page, followed by
> the "Conclusion" section:
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 4. Discussion
[...]
> indented, spaced, and commented. Also, most Pascal textbooks,
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> including the one being used by the subjects' professor, show programs
> that are indented. Novices consider indentation to be a "good"
It appears the study was probably done on Pascal programs rather than
C. There are enough structural differences in the two languages that
I think the results really are not very relevant to us.
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