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Re:If programming languages were religions by eru on Wednesday December 17, 2008 @03:09PM (#401377)
Terse programs are a worthy goal.
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Re:If programming languages were religions by jbjohns on Wednesday December 17, 2008 @04:25PM (#401462)
Terse no, absolutely not. Concise should be the goal.
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Re:If programming languages were religions by eru on Thursday December 18, 2008 @07:02PM (#402797)
OK. Mixed up the words. Should practise my english some more.
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Re:If programming languages were religions by jbjohns on Friday December 19, 2008 @11:36AM (#403490)
Ah, enough people say programming languages should be terse that I thought that's exactly what you meant.

Concise is clear and short, terse is less characters but unreadable.

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