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mrb on Sept 26, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Size is the best predictor of code quality

Our coding standard was very strict. It was not possible to cheat and save lines by writing, eg:

  if (func()) a = 1;

You had to write:

  if (func())
    a = 1;

Writing very complex C programs with functions <= 25 lines is definitely possible. All Epita students were routinely doing it!

codeslush on Sept 26, 2011 [–]

I was thinking more along the lines of:

if (func()) { a=1; }

/* curly braces didn't count in your allocation of LOC, but they would in mine. */

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