Re: InFormatter...the 4gl formatter
Posted in 1997
Peter Wiley — — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)
In article <5dg889$j57@cssun.mathcs.emory.edu> timhood@bigfoot.com writes: >I've written (many, many moons ago) an Informix 4gl formatting program. >It works rather well, but I've created a list of enhancements that I >would like to do to it. I'm wondering: > [snip] Sorry, Tim, but I've always coded in rigorous style for readability. When I was "elected" project manager for our last project, the first thing Christina & I did was write a definitive style guide. We simply don't accept code from anyone that doesn't comply, regardless of whether they're staff or contractors. I think what you're doing is providing a crutch for sloppy programmers. I'd prefer they did it right in the first place. Regards, Peter Wiley