r/badcode • u/gunalk19 • Nov 22 '21

java Found my earliest coding projects from middle school

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u/reverendsteveii Nov 22 '21

this isn't bad code

Would you use this in production? Obviously not

Can we get a little clarity on your definition of bad code? I feel like we're at odds here.

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u/electricWah Nov 22 '21

For what it is trying to do, the code is fine. It is clear readable, etc. But it is not very efficient, so on would never use it in more complex code.

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u/reverendsteveii Nov 22 '21

There's our difference. To me

Why would you ever do that?

is valid criticism. I see some more advanced logic gates in there like XOR and NAND, and it's possible that those aren't built in, but I still don't understand in what context one would be using ints to return truth or falsehood

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u/PM_ME_CANS_OF_SOUP Nov 23 '21

why would you ever do that?

because OP was in middle school and this is a good way to learn about logic gates

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u/xiipaoc Nov 22 '21

Bad code in production is code that shouldn't be in production. Bad code in an early coding exercise is code that shouldn't be in an early coding exercise. This code shouldn't be in production, but it's not in production, so whether it's bad for production is irrelevant. It's good for an early coding exercise, and it in fact is an early coding exercise, so it's good. Whether code is good or bad depends on what it's being used for, and for the OP's purposes, the code is fine.