A question of commas

[Conor P. Cahill]

In article <1989Dec7.192215.27671 at aqdata.uucp>, sullivan at aqdata.uucp (Michael T. Sullivan) writes:
> From article <257E97F4.24962 at ateng.com>, by chip at ateng.com (Chip Salzenberg):
> > 
> > For example, "i = i + 1" is inherently harder to read than "i++", since the
> 
> But more programmers (BASIC, pascal, etc.) use "i = i + 1", and using "i++"
> assumes future programmers working with the code know C.  Obviously, the
> first choice is the correct choice :-|.

When I am writing a C program, I expect future programmers that will be working
with it to know C.  If not, then I should have written it in a different
language.

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