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What Makes Code Hard to Understand? — HN submission

Mon, 14 Jul 2014 03:07:08 GMT

What makes code hard to understand [pdf]

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What Makes Code Hard to Understand? — mentioned by vanderZwan

Sun, 02 Jun 2013 11:02:58 GMT

As much as they are hated by some, there's empirical data indirectly suggesting that using curly braces for scoping might lead to less mistakes when reading code: > Similarly, the twospaces version of counting demonstrated that vertical space is more important then indentation to programmers when judging whether or not statements belong to the same loop body. Programmers often group blocks of related statements together using vertical white space, but our results indicate that this seemingly superficial space can cause even experienced programmers to internalize the wrong program.…

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What Makes Code Hard to Understand? — HN submission

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 07:22:33 GMT

What makes code hard to understand

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What Makes Code Hard to Understand? — HN submission

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 10:56:26 GMT

What Makes Code Hard to Understand?

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