What coding mnemonics do you use?

Re:What coding mnemonics do you use? by hill79 on Wednesday August 07, 2013 @06:48AM (#6171923)

I don't know if this is common, but I visualise numbers on a line which makes it amazingly easy to use the 'arrows' metaphor

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1 2 3 4 5

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Re:What coding mnemonics do you use? by dasil003 on Wednesday August 07, 2013 @07:28AM (#6172045)

That seems ambiguous to me in several ways. There must be more semantics you are subconsciously depending on to clarify it.

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Re:What coding mnemonics do you use? by masukomi on Wednesday August 07, 2013 @07:49AM (#6172137)

I think he means that he visualizes the pair "< >" relative to a line of numbers. Similar to how he placed it above a line of numbers in his ASCII art. < points down (left) the row of numbers to numbers that are less than the other ones and > points up (right) to numbers that are greater than. Makes perfect sense if you are a visual thinker.

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Re:What coding mnemonics do you use? by hill79 on Wednesday August 07, 2013 @09:15AM (#6172562)

Exactly this - thanks for clarifying my explanation

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