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I can verify that it's that way (without the spaces) in the original. Sometimes you had to do it to fit all the code in two screen lines, because that was the m
by jasperry 5y ago
I can verify that it's that way (without the spaces) in the original. Sometimes you had to do it to fit all the code in two screen lines, because that was the maximum line length. So it probably became a habit for some programmers.
- apetresc 5y agoThat's a shame :( I had been hoping to use this book with my daughter (she's been getting into coding on retro machines like our C64) but I don't think I want to complicate things with the added cognitive load of tokenizing keywords she doesn't even know yet, by hand.
- pkaye 5y agoJust imagine it is a write-only language like FORTH.
- tomcam 5y agoGive her some credit
- fortyseven 5y agoIf us old farts got by with it as kids... she'll be fine. Though I wouldn't pass by an opportunity to make things better if possible.
- tomcam 5y agoAgreed completely
- ddingus 5y agoShe will blow through it same as so many of us did.