Message-ID: <200504201301.j3KD1Cmu025031@erdos.math.unb.ca>
Date: 2005-04-20T13:01:12Z
From: Rolf Turner
Subject: if(foo == TRUE) .. etc
Martin Maechler wrote:
> More generally, please, please, everyone :
>
> Replace
> if (something == TRUE)
> with if (something)
> and
> if (something.or.other == FALSE)
> with if (!something.or.other)
Amen! And right on! And you tell 'em! And a few other
exclamations, several of which are not suitable for a family
program.
That sort of syntax, such as offends Martin's sensibilities
(and those of all Right Thinking Persons), appears to issue
from the Department of Redundancy Department.
cheers,
Rolf Turner
rolf at math.unb.ca