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

[Clem Cole]

On Mon, Mar 10, 2025 at 10:41 AM Larry McVoy <lm at mcvoy.com> wrote:

> 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.

Me too.

> My eyes parse the "silly" form faster.

Exactly.

> 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.
>
The problem is that in the first form, you have to slow down to ensure you
have the order correctly,  Maybe it's my dyslexia speaking, but the "extra"
parens make it clear without having to slow down.
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