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Half related and only quarter-serious: I bet your code is full of functions with names like: takeCustomerIDAndDateThenQueryDatabaseToReturnArrayOfPurchase

Half related and only quarter-serious: I bet your code is full of functions with names like: takeCustomerIDAndDateThenQueryDatabaseToReturnArrayOfPurchaseOrdersWhichConsistOfPONumberAndNetSalesPrice takeCustomerIDAndDateThenQueryDatabaseToReturnArrayOfPurchaseOrdersWhichConsistOfPONumberAndLineItemsOfProductAndQuantityAndUnitPrice

TeMPOraL 7y ago
No, it isn't. Because what you wrote is the exact equivalent of "coleslaw" and "de volaille" - taking what should be a parametrized base, or set of interchangeable tokens - '(salad cabbage vinegar), '(wrap (fillet chicken) butter) - and turning them into unique names. In other words, "coleslaw" == takeCustomerIDAndDateThenQueryDatabaseToReturnArrayOfPurchaseOrdersWhichConsistOfPONumberAndNetSalesPrice, and all I'm asking for is to parametrize it instead like a sane human being.
- greggyb 7y ago
  Ah, I more fully understand your complaint. (Now only 1/4 related and 1/8 serious.) I thought you were opposed to nondescriptive names, but instead you just want to have a minimal set of orthogonal constructs which can be combined together on an ad-hoc basis to create meaning. So your ideal code looks like this: https://github.com/Battelle/movfuscator/blob/master/overview/prime_mov.asm https://github.com/Battelle/movfuscator/blob/master/overview...
  - TeMPOraL 7y ago
    Not this minimal, and not restricted to two to three tokens :).
    - greggyb 7y ago
      Brainfuck, then. Eight commands oughta be enough for anyone, amiright? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brainfuck#Commands https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brainfuck#Commands
joombaga 7y ago
They're all called with the wrapper function takeFunctionNameAndInterpretAsFunction It's the only function with a body.
- TeMPOraL 7y ago
  Yes, that's exactly what names like "coleslaw" or "de volaille" are. Unique names for things that should be parametrized instead.
- greggyb 7y ago
  Turns out it's just a regular interpreter, and there are strict semantics about how things must be named. That's what they meant by metacircular interpreter in SICP, right?

TeMPOraL 7y ago

No, it isn't. Because what you wrote is the exact equivalent of "coleslaw" and "de volaille" - taking what should be a parametrized base, or set of interchangeable tokens - '(salad cabbage vinegar), '(wrap (fillet chicken) butter) - and turning them into unique names. In other words, "coleslaw" == takeCustomerIDAndDateThenQueryDatabaseToReturnArrayOfPurchaseOrdersWhichConsistOfPONumberAndNetSalesPrice, and all I'm asking for is to parametrize it instead like a sane human being.

greggyb 7y ago
Ah, I more fully understand your complaint. (Now only 1/4 related and 1/8 serious.) I thought you were opposed to nondescriptive names, but instead you just want to have a minimal set of orthogonal constructs which can be combined together on an ad-hoc basis to create meaning. So your ideal code looks like this: https://github.com/Battelle/movfuscator/blob/master/overview/prime_mov.asm https://github.com/Battelle/movfuscator/blob/master/overview...
- TeMPOraL 7y ago
  Not this minimal, and not restricted to two to three tokens :).
  - greggyb 7y ago
    Brainfuck, then. Eight commands oughta be enough for anyone, amiright? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brainfuck#Commands https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brainfuck#Commands

joombaga 7y ago

They're all called with the wrapper function takeFunctionNameAndInterpretAsFunction It's the only function with a body.

TeMPOraL 7y ago
Yes, that's exactly what names like "coleslaw" or "de volaille" are. Unique names for things that should be parametrized instead.
greggyb 7y ago
Turns out it's just a regular interpreter, and there are strict semantics about how things must be named. That's what they meant by metacircular interpreter in SICP, right?