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Date: Tue, 6 Jun 1995 17:30:19 +0300
From: eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il (Eli Zaretskii)
To: junaid AT wilma DOT eng DOT monash DOT edu DOT au
Subject: Re: VOTE: CODE STANDARDS
Cc: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu

> Only DJ's ideas of coding style differ from mine, like your hair color
> is different. Maybe you might like my hair color, and get your
> hair dyed. No big deal. Just maybe we can both be happy.

We don't usually discuss each other's hair color, not on this newsgroup,
anyway.

>	Well still doesnt change the facts - the code is basically
> undocumented, and has been that way since day one. Maybe its time
> we started documenting things (emx is a good example). Sure if we
> turn a blind eye to the state of the code, we'll all be fatter
> and happier,

No, he will be much happier to see people with critical eye contribute those
missing docs.

>	It would be wise to put it to a vote; "does djgpp need some
> coding standards?". Any self respecting programmer would have to
> agree. Even demo coders have standards (and commented code i must
> add) ....

Such pointless holy wars again belong to other forums.

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