RE: [spoon-discuss] Re: [Spoon-business] Nweek 42 BALLOT

["Craig" <ragnarok@xxxxxxxxx>]

>>> Proposal 1549/0: Pseudocode (The Pusher Robot)
>> NO - Even if this passed, you would still get kicked in the ass every
>> time you did it, because Pseudocode is inherently annoying to anyone who
>> honestly couldn't give a damn about coding. I'd encourage you to declare
>> this fatally flawed.

>I don't really see how pseudocode is any more annoying than poetry or song
>form. If anything, it should be easier to understand. (Perl, on the other
>hand, I can understand, and I imagine I'll try and stay away from doing
>that again. After all, God speaks in Perl, so I'm not surprised that some
>mere mortals have difficulty with it ;-) ) Besides, you shouldn't worry,
>it'll fail anyway.

Even though I can't follow perl, I have no problem with pseudocode. If you
want to communicate an algorithm to me, in fact, pseudocode is the only way
to go - I've forgotten all the real programming I knew, since I haven't ever
cared enough to practice. BUT, I recognize that not everyone, not even all
Nomic players, are able to understand pseudocode. As long as you are talking
to those who do not know enough of the theory of computer programming to
follow pseudocode, it is probably the most self-righteously eliter-than-thou
geek action availible to you.

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