Style Flambe

Dave Nelson daven at LLL-CRG.ARPA
Sat Feb 2 04:30:07 AEST 1985


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Regarding formfeeds and how big functions SHOULD(?) be:

> Some people rarely make listings but I do. I regard a paper fold as VERY
> significant if I have to keep flipping the maddog page to see the other
> half of a IF or WHILE. Opinion being what it is, this doesn't bother
> everyone, including my own brother. However, the minute I get my hands
> on a program, that's what I do. Funxions should be small enuf to fit
> on a page, just as lines should be small enuf to fit on a tty. I often
> put many funxions on a page if they fit in order to save paper.
> 

Come on, let's get into the 1980's.  Functions, or groups of functions,
should be small enough that they fit onto an even-odd page pair when
typeset in 9-10 point type using a grinder like vgrind.

Dave Nelson



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