Idea mangling test (was Re: Character mangling test)
Idea mangling test (was Re: Character mangling test)
- Subject: Idea mangling test (was Re: Character mangling test)
- From: email@hidden
- Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2001 13:56:47 EST
In a message dated 2/19/01 11:36:36 AM, Nigel Garvey wrote:
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email@hidden wrote on Sun, 18 Feb 2001 21:28:11 EST:
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>Shorter lines clarify logic.
As opposed to very long lines, and in particular for lines of script, not
prose.
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>Shorter lines are almost always possible.
As Nigel has just demonstrated.
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>Shorter lines make editing easier.
As opposed to very long lines, as Nigel has demonstrated despite himself.
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>Shorter lines make code more modularizable.
As Nigel has demonstrated.
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>Inability to create short lines reflects
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>1) fuzzy logic, or...
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>2) lack of creativity.
Ability to create short lines does not automatically eliminate fuzziness.
But it really does show creativity.
As Nigel has demonstrated. : )
Jeff Baumann
email@hidden
www.linkedresources.com
11 Days, 13 Hours, 31 Minutes
How is it going to end?
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set subj1 to "I "
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set infVrb to "say "
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set modVrb to "would "
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set neg to "not "
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set modVrb to modVrb & neg
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set vrb1 to modVrb & infVrb
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set vrb2 to "is "
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set subj2 to "that "
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set adj to "true "
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set adv to "necessarily "
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set comp to adv & adj
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set pred2 to vrb2 & comp
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set sent to subj2 & pred2
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set rel to "that "
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set objCl to rel & sent
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set pred1 to vrb1 & objCl
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set fullStp to "."
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set mySentence to subj1 & pred1
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text 1 thru word -1 of mySentence
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set mySentence to the result & fullStp
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set spacer to return & return
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set mySig to spacer & "NG"
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set myMessage to mySentence & mySig
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display dialog myMessage
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NG