Re: Programming style: postfix/prefix vs. functional
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- Subject: [mg70596] Re: Programming style: postfix/prefix vs. functional
- From: "Jens-Peer Kuska" <kuska at informatik.uni-leipzig.de>
- Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2006 05:13:27 -0400 (EDT)
- Organization: Uni Leipzig
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Hi, the good style is the code that *you* understand today and when *you* look on it in 6 weeks and in five years. Regards Jens "Will Robertson" <wspr81 at gmail.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:eha5kn$b82$1 at smc.vnet.net... | Hello, | | As a newcomer to Mathematica, I'm a little unsure on what "good style" | would be in this programming language. I notice that several functions | have prefix and postfix notations such as //. for ReplaceRepeated, /@ | for Map, and so on. | | Clearly using these forms makes the code more compact, but sacrifices | some level of readability. Are there guidelines or suggestions that | have built up over the years of whether these are "good" or "bad" to | use? | | If it's simply personal preference, what do you like to use? | -- | Many thanks, | Will Robertson |