Subject: Re: boggle.lisp: feedback welcome From: Erik Naggum <erik@naggum.net> Date: 15 Mar 2001 12:50:17 +0000 Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp Message-ID: <3193649417264297@naggum.net> * Chris Riesbeck <riesbeck@ils.nwu.edu> > Break long functions into smaller ones. Let function names do your > documentation for you, and localize variable scope as much as possible. > Minimize sequences of side effects like assignment. These are all good advice for Scheme, but not for Common Lisp. > General rule of thumb: if it needs an inline comment, it should be a > function call. Again, this is good in Scheme, but not in Comon Lisp. #;Erik -- "Hope is contagious" -- American Cancer Society "Despair is more contagious" -- British Farmers Society