MJW Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 I'm guessing getting a print out of your code was a pain, though probably possible. Yes, and it was so difficult reading them by candle light! You seem to be completely missing the point. It's about disorganized programs, which has almost nothing to do with folders and files or printing listings. Dijkstra's GOTO paper was written in 1968. By that time, hierarchical file systems already existed and and high-speed printers were common. The problem with poorly organized code is a human problem. As long as people have to figure out what other people's code is doing (or their own code, written some time ago) badly written code, that jumps here and there, will be a problem. Oh yeah, pretty sure using goto's would compile quicker due less replacement coding in compilation. That's pretty significant. I'd gladly trade a few seconds of compile time for a day of tracking through some obscure code, trying to puzzle out what it's doing, so I can fix a bug. Your perspective on programming and debugging seems to me to be quite limited. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArgusMagnus Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 Oh yeah, pretty sure using goto's would compile quicker due less replacement coding in compilation. That's pretty significant. My guess is that the speed up is pretty unsignificant. This might become more significant the larger the project, but it also becomes more important to write well organized code. Quote My batch Image Processor: https://imagenator.codeplex.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
denverpotsmoker Posted October 19, 2015 Author Share Posted October 19, 2015 You really shackle creativity when you tell someone how to think or how they can express their thoughts. Luckily, you can work around such barriers with languages like XLISP and C#, to really accomplish your vision. Kudos to paint.net developers for supporting C# instead of python/java/etc. Quote The Rise of the Creative Class by: Richard Florida Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
denverpotsmoker Posted October 21, 2015 Author Share Posted October 21, 2015 (edited) Yeah, I pretty much "gave up" on graphics programming after the Apple IIe. I tried some on my Atari 800XL, but the graphics just didn't look as good. I was pretty young at the time (elementary school). Check out my new module template (I put them in folders then have a batch file paste them in the order required)...part of what I call "structural commenting" using ascii art...you delete the // line numbers for actual code, but the concept is kept for reference both in program code and for other coders. saturn5-ABBV--template v4.txt Edited October 21, 2015 by denverpotsmoker Quote The Rise of the Creative Class by: Richard Florida Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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