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Skribent: Didier Kryn
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Nye-emner: [DNG] Wordiness of code.
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Le 05/08/2016 01:59, Hendrik Boom a écrit :
> That's exactly why I like Modula 3. You use structured code where
> that's good. You use objects and inheritance where that's good.
> You use interaes and modules where that's good. And all those are
> separate concepts that can be used independently. If you want an
> object to be an opaque module, you make a module and put the objec in
> it. And so forth. Except for its Pascal-like wordiness, it's great.


     Wordiness is not bad. You write your program once and read it many 
times. A wordy language is easier to read than a cryptic one; 
instructions are more self explanatory and often relieve you from 
inserting tons of comments. No illusion: a wordy source will not produce 
a bigger binary.


     Didier