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Re:Why bad scientific code beats code following “best practi... by jcoffland on Sunday August 28, 2016 @02:21PM (#12377701)
Agreed, but really long functions are an indication that the code could benefit from some judicious refactoring.
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Re:Why bad scientific code beats code following “best practi... by staticautomatic on Sunday August 28, 2016 @02:37PM (#12377787)
And yet invariably it's refactoring into a ton of small functions. Round and round we go...
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Re:Why bad scientific code beats code following “best practi... by jcoffland on Sunday August 28, 2016 @03:02PM (#12377918)
Why? I've been recommending the middle ground all along.
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