[TUHS] What would early alternatives to C have been?

[Larry McVoy]

On Mon, Mar 10, 2025 at 03:12:06AM -0600, arnold at skeeve.com wrote:
> I think, as in all things, "always use parentheses" can be carried
> too far.  I find
> 
> 	if (a == b && c == d)
> 
> perfectly reasonable, but
> 
> 	if ((a == b) && (c == d))
> 
> to be just silly.  

Color me silly then.  My eyes parse the "silly" form faster.  And I was the
boss so my eyes won.  Over time, everyone at my shop came to agree with me.
One mans silly is another mans faster reading.

If you worked for me, you did the silly form.  And everyone came around to
liking it.  It's just faster to read.