Make it right before you make it faster.
- The Elements of Programming Style (Kernighan & Plaugher)
Make it right before you make it faster.
- The Elements of Programming Style (Kernighan & Plaugher)
Make it clear before you make it faster.
- The Elements of Programming Style (Kernighan & Plaugher)
Say what you mean, simply and directly.
- The Elements of Programming Style (Kernighan & Plaugher)
Write clearly - don't be too clever.
- The Elements of Programming Style (Kernighan & Plaugher)
Let your compiler do the simple optimisations.
Don't strain to re-use code; reorganise instead.
- The Elements of Programming Style (Kernighan & Plaugher)
Use the good features of a language; avoid the bad ones.
- The Elements of Programming Style (Kernighan & Plaugher)
Keep it right when you make it faster.
- The Elements of Programming Style (Kernighan & Plaugher)
Treat end of file conditions in a uniform manner.
- The Elements of Programming Style (Kernighan & Plaugher)
Don't diddle code to make it faster - find a better algorithm.
- The Elements of Programming Style (Kernighan & Plaugher)
Write and test a big program in small pieces.
- The Elements of Programming Style (Kernighan & Plaugher)
Make sure comments and code agree.
- The Elements of Programming Style (Kernighan & Plaugher)
Choose variable names that won't be confused.
- The Elements of Programming Style (Kernighan & Plaugher)
Test programs at their boundary values.
- The Elements of Programming Style (Kernighan & Plaugher)
Make sure special cases are truly special.
- The Elements of Programming Style (Kernighan & Plaugher)
Format a program to help the reader understand it.
- The Elements of Programming Style (Kernighan & Plaugher)
Don't use conditional branches as a substitute for a logical expression.
- The Elements of Programming Style (Kernighan & Plaugher)
Use variable names that mean something.
- The Elements of Programming Style (Kernighan & Plaugher)
Use self-identifying input. Allow defaults. Echo both on output.
- The Elements of Programming Style (Kernighan & Plaugher)
Make sure input cannot violate the limits of the program.
- The Elements of Programming Style (Kernighan & Plaugher)
Instrument your programs. Measure before making "efficiency" changes.
- The Elements of Programming Style (Kernighan & Plaugher)
Indent to show the logical structure of a program.
- The Elements of Programming Style (Kernighan & Plaugher)
Use recursive procedures for recursively-defined data structures.
- The Elements of Programming Style (Kernighan & Plaugher)
Use statement labels that mean something.
- The Elements of Programming Style (Kernighan & Plaugher)
Let the machine do the dirty work.
- The Elements of Programming Style (Kernighan & Plaugher)
Identify bad input; recover if possible.
- The Elements of Programming Style (Kernighan & Plaugher)
Don't sacrifice clarity for small gains in "efficiency".
- The Elements of Programming Style (Kernighan & Plaugher)
Avoid unnecessary branches.
- The Elements of Programming Style (Kernighan & Plaugher)
Keep it simple to make it faster.
- The Elements of Programming Style (Kernighan & Plaugher)
Make input easy to proofread.
- The Elements of Programming Style (Kernighan & Plaugher)
Use free-form input when possible.
- The Elements of Programming Style (Kernighan & Plaugher)