Posted by jpluimers on 2019/12/10
Interesting rant on the Delphi cross platform situation, for which this is a reminder to see how the current situation is after 2.5 years: [WayBack] The ARC vs non-ARC situation adds yet another layer of complexity to creating cross platform code. The Linux compiler uses ARC – while Windows and OSX don’t… – Lars Fosdal – Google+
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Posted by jpluimers on 2019/12/10
Every time I run into complex nested if/then/else statement in any language with truckloads of code blocks, it usually means it is time to refactor in two steps:
Of course this adds some overhead, but usually you end up with code that is easier to unit-test and understand both the overall structure and detailed implementations of.
I’m all for language enhancements that allow deeply nested logic to be more manageable (for instance by enhancing a case construct), but usually refactoring makes that less of a need and more of a nice to have.
Via: [WayBack] Anybody else have a gripe with nested if-then-else statements in Pascal? What if we had the following statement/syntax available in Pascal? … – Gerhard Venter – Google+
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