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Re: Is shorter better? (Was: Wow, AppleScript is tough!)
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Re: Is shorter better? (Was: Wow, AppleScript is tough!)


  • Subject: Re: Is shorter better? (Was: Wow, AppleScript is tough!)
  • From: Christopher Nebel <email@hidden>
  • Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2007 11:53:54 -0800

On Dec 4, 2007, at 11:49 PM, Skeeve wrote:

IMAPRH/privat wrote:

Michelle has always the best solution :-))
Shorter is better
...says the naked man? ;-)

I only know 2 situations in programming where shorter is in fact better:
1) If you're short on memory
2) If you're participating in a (perl-)golf contest


You're using "short" to mean "compact"; it can also mean "simple". Compact is not necessarily an advantage. Simple is. As a coworker of mine likes to say, "less code is less bugs". Compare Einstein: "Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler."


--Chris Nebel AppleScript Engineering

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