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When watching Notch code I noticed a lot of code smelly habits, relying on inheritance over composition is one example. But my god his level of productivity and
by jb55 15y ago
When watching Notch code I noticed a lot of code smelly habits, relying on inheritance over composition is one example. But my god his level of productivity and ability to get shit done is lightyears ahead of your average programmer, and you got to respect that more than anything.
- itmag 15y agoIs Notch's coding habits supposed to be common knowledge? Got any links?
- jiggy2011 15y agohttp://www.twitch.tv/notch/b/302823358 http://www.twitch.tv/notch/b/302823358 This is the start of the 48 hour video showing him building a 2d game for the lundum dare compo.
- jarrettcoggin 15y agoCan you provide any examples? Was it the tools he was using, notes he was making, or diagrams he was drawing? I haven't seen him program, so I'm curious as to what makes him so much more productive.
- kenjackson 15y agoShow me someone who doesn't have code smelly habits and I'll show you a book author or a pedantic blogger -- not a production coder.
- mjwalshe 15y agoAmen Borther "forgive me father I used 5 GOTOs last week"
- InclinedPlane 15y agoHe uses Java, there's only so much stink you can remove from Java code, mostly you just push it around and try to make it as small as possible. Java is still a decent production language for some tasks, but its lack of some basic features and syntactic niceties means you have to hold your nose while coding most of the time.