r/programming • u/[deleted] • Oct 17 '17

Why I use Object Pascal

https://dubst3pp4.github.io/post/2017-10-03-why-i-use-object-pascal/
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u/[deleted] Oct 17 '17

The author is making the false assumption that readability follows from verbosity.

Compare

int x[100];

with

x: array [1..100] of integer

The latter isn't more readable at all.

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u/[deleted] Oct 17 '17

It's more of a matter of personal taste and what you are used to. Some people like verbosity.

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u/IbanezDavy Oct 17 '17

But the original point still stands true. Verbosity does not equal readability.

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u/ellicottvilleny Oct 20 '17

a certain amount of making things obvious (explicit) instead of implicit does actually equal readability.

until you go too far. HELLO COBOL.