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Re: Code Repository
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.robotics
Date: 
Thu, 16 Sep 1999 19:21:13 GMT
Original-From: 
alex wetmore <alex@phred.org+Spamcake+>
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From: "Brian B. Alano" <alano@kiva.net>
Since many algorithms apply across languages, what about a single
repository for
all code?
(How about  lugnet.robotics.rcx.code?) True, it would increase the
noise-to-signal
ratio for many, but it would Keep It Simple.

I personally prefer to see implementations in a real language, but the
language itself doesn't matter.  It is pretty easy to translate algoritms
from Pascal to C (to use a off-topic example), but it can be more difficult
to go from some one's random idea of a pseudo-code language to a real
language.

Additionally if someone has written the algorithm in a real language then
there is no reason to ask them to translate it to a non-existant one.
Similarily, if they have only written it in pseudo-code then it is untested
and may not work as advertised.

I've never been a fan of pseudo-code when there are plenty of real, well
defined, languages that can be used.

alex



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  Re: Code Repository
 
(...) Since many algorithms apply across languages, what about a single repository for all code? (How about lugnet.robotics.rcx.code?) True, it would increase the noise-to-signal ratio for many, but it would Keep It Simple. Also, I favor follow-ups (...) (25 years ago, 16-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc, lugnet.admin.general)

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