[Info-vax] BASIC (and Horizon)

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 2/1/2024 11:51 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> On Thu, 1 Feb 2024 22:44:56 -0500, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>> To quote from Linux kernel coding style doc:
>>
>> <quote>
>> Now, some people will claim that having 8-character indentations makes
>> the code move too far to the right, and makes it hard to read on a
>> 80-character terminal screen. The answer to that is that if you need
>> more than 3 levels of indentation, you’re screwed anyway, and should fix
>> your program.
> 
> I think this is a load of nonsense.

Apparently Linus doesn't think so.

And while few may have worded is this blunt, then it is
generally accepted that deep nesting is a code smell and
should be refactored and code moved out to functions/methods.

The specifics may depend a little on the language. 3 may
make sense in C, but VB.NET may justify a higher value
(namespace and class add levels before even getting started
and try catch blocks plus using statements  also tend to
add more levels without the levels impacting flow).

Arne