[R] open source and R

[Berton Gunter]

Andy:

Ah, don't feel bad, Andy; this is a universal problem in programming that
despite all kinds of efforts in "lucid programming", OOP, etc. no one has
figured out. So while "code readability cannot be overemphasized," what this
actually means also apparently cannot be defined.

From: http://www.jeffgainer.com/lucid_code/lc_cover.html

"If you are a software professional, you know how software is created.
Surely you recognize it. Chances are you live it: chaos."

;-)

-- Bert
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: r-help-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch 
> [mailto:r-help-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch] On Behalf Of Liaw, Andy
> Sent: Monday, November 14, 2005 2:46 PM
> To: 'Ernesto Jardim'
> Cc: ted.harding at nessie.mcc.ac.uk; r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch
> Subject: Re: [R] open source and R
> 
> However code readability can not be over-emphasized.  I must 
> admit to have
> written R code in such a supposedly `clever' way that I can't 
> figure out
> what I was trying to do (or how I did it) a week later...
> 
> Andy
> 
> > From: Ernesto Jardim 
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > One single comment about the subject of this message. Open 
> source is 
> > about making the code _available_ for all, not making the code 
> > _understandable_ for all.
> > 
> > Regards
> > 
> > EJ
> > 
> >
> 
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