Who will surpass Mally's number of posts first?

[jasonp]

Originally Posted by Uncwilly

I find it hard to believe that you are not on the list.

The trolls and snakes keep the forum running smoothly enough that he doesn't often need to get involved.

[gd_barnes]

Originally Posted by davar55

Could we get an update of this list:



Thanks.

What is the point? Is there some sort of contest?

[Uncwilly]

Originally Posted by Xyzzy

  1 gd_barnes      6,879
  2 mdettweiler    5,436
  3 cheesehead     5,216
  4 ewmayer        4,480
  5 R.D. Silverman 3,901
  etc.....

Would you post an update?

[Xyzzy]

 1 gd_barnes      7,334
 2 mdettweiler    5,929
 3 cheesehead     5,841
 4 ewmayer        4,832
 5 davieddy       4,616
 6 R.D. Silverman 4,572
 7 xilman         4,502
 8 Uncwilly       3,949
 9 science_man_88 3,884
10 Mini-Geek      3,498
11 Prime95        3,276
12 CRGreathouse   3,252
13 Kosmaj         3,113
14 rogue          2,789
15 em99010pepe    2,783
16 Batalov        2,500
17 ET_            2,474
18 henryzz        2,385
19 Andi47         2,355
20 jasonp         2,354
21 fivemack       2,282
22 10metreh       2,256
23 garo           2,229
24 kar_bon        2,140
25 akruppa        2,133

[retina]

Originally Posted by Xyzzy

 1 gd_barnes      7,334
 2 mdettweiler    5,929
 3 cheesehead     5,841
...

That list is clearly wrong. It should be this:

 0 Xyzzy          ∞
 1 gd_barnes      7,334
 2 mdettweiler    5,929
 3 cheesehead     5,841
...

[retina]

OMG, I've already surpassed the milestone and didn't realise.

Why are those code windows so wide?

[Dubslow]

As of right before this post, I have a rather embarrassing 8.50 ppd

Originally Posted by retina

Why are those code windows so wide?

I'm 99% sure it's a standard 79 character width, which is the maximum line length that many good-habit programmers use (e.g. http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0...um-line-length).

[xilman]

Originally Posted by Dubslow

I'm 99% sure it's a standard 79 character width, which is the maximum line length that many good-habit programmers use (e.g. http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0...um-line-length).

Unless your code is wrotten in Fortran.

Back in the good old days it was either 80 characters, or 72 characters. These days it is 132 characters.

[rogue]

Originally Posted by Dubslow

I'm 99% sure it's a standard 79 character width, which is the maximum line length that many good-habit programmers use (e.g. http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0...um-line-length).

... if you coded before the turn of the century ...

I'm referring to the concept of "good-habit programmers". If you code in OO languages like C++, VB, C#, and Java, it is common to have long variable names. Extra carriage returns can make code far more difficult to read as the starting position on the left will vary from line to line quite a bit more than if you have a limit of 100 or more. I'm not saying that there is a "perfect" width. I'm saying that adhering to a standard built from developers who used character only terminals is rather humorous. Then again there are those who refuse to use a modern code editor and prefer to use vi, even when given tools like Eclipse or Visual Studio.

[davieddy]

Originally Posted by Dubslow

As of right before this post, I have a rather embarrassing 8.50 ppd

Time for a bit of moderation

[Dubslow]

Originally Posted by rogue

... if you coded before the turn of the century ...

I'm referring to the concept of "good-habit programmers". If you code in OO languages like C++, VB, C#, and Java, it is common to have long variable names. Extra carriage returns can make code far more difficult to read as the starting position on the left will vary from line to line quite a bit more than if you have a limit of 100 or more. I'm not saying that there is a "perfect" width. I'm saying that adhering to a standard built from developers who used character only terminals is rather humorous. Then again there are those who refuse to use a modern code editor and prefer to use vi, even when given tools like Eclipse or Visual Studio.

I don't like IDEs, and sometimes I review code from my phone, which is rather small. :small: Besides, the code boxes here are only 79 (though retina might say that's too long ), so if it's that short then it's a prettier copy/paste.