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buzzcutbuddha
I have read Code Complete, and I agree it raises some good points,<br />
but seeing as I don't know Pascal (which most of the examples are in)<br />
I find reading the book really frustrating.<br />
I wish he would update the book with some examples from Perl and Java.
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<b>UPDATE:</b><br/>
Maybe explaining what I meant would be good, since I am still get voted -- on this<br />ack!<br /><br />
I think that what Code Complete has to say regarding commenting, and construction of code to be well said, and<br />still applicable.<br /><br />
But there are portions of the book, especially Design, where the material Steve McConnell presents<br />
feels dated to me. I don't know Pascal, so talking about the merits of it as a language in his examples<br />
does not elucidate his discussion.<br /><br />
Further, Steve McConnell spends a long portion of his discussion in design talking about modules, when I prefer functions.<br /><br />
Basically I rubbed some people with my opinion and if I did, so be it. I'll take my drubbing, but it's my opinion<br />and I'm not going to change it because this book holds a revered place in some people's libraries.<br /><br />I still wish he'd update his examples with some from Java or Perl.
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