Re: Term for elegant, efficient, tight code?

Subject: Re: Term for elegant, efficient, tight code?
From: "Mike O." <obie1121 -at- yahoo -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Sat, 31 May 2003 12:12:23 -0700 (PDT)


Goober Writer wrote:
> Actually, valid is incorrect unless there is a
> definition to validate against. "Well formed" is
> accurate in the case of correct syntax.

For *ml markup, you are right; to be valid your code needs to comply
with an external definition. Well-formed and valid have well-defined
meanings for *ml languages.

But if you are compiling code, you already have a definition; it's in
your compiler. If your code doesn't compile correctly, it's invalid
(assuming your compiler correctly embodies the rules for your
language).

Maybe there is a better word than 'invalid' to describe malformed code
that won't compile correctly, but I can't think of one right now.

Mike O.


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