Martin Alterisio wrote:
2006/9/22, Rory Browne <rory.browne@xxxxxxxxx>:
On 9/22/06, Kevin Waterson <kevin@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> This one time, at band camp, "Curt Zirzow" <czirzow@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > what about using:
> > php.net/pi
> >
> > note the precision description.
> >
> > or are we talking about a different pi.
>
> The goal of the codegolf.com challenge is to print pi to 1000 places.
> The programmer to do it in the least keystrokes is the winner.
I personally don't think this is a very healthy contest. It discourages
comments, and use of whitespace to make code readable.
I'd perfer a contest that rewarded code readability, and maintainability
as
well as minimal keystrokes. After all you only enter the aforementioned
keystrokes once. Perhaps one like codegolf, with an enforced coding style
(
eg KR Style, or GNU Style)
I completely agree. This kind of contests do not provide any measure of the
good qualities of a programmer working as part of a team. The objectives
ussualy end up being something of the sort: "let's see who can fit the most
in a for declaration".
Anyway... as you say, it would be nice to have a contest that rewards
readability and maintainability... but, how can we messure that
qualities in
this type of games? Should your code be praised by others and voted on? Is
that reliable? I think enforcing a coding style is too restrictive... Also,
how do we measure the declarativity of var and function names?
The value of these games is that they give you interesting problems to
solve without forcing you to maintain the code. That's the entire point.
It's exactly the sort of thing that's fun to write when you have to make
a living from your code the rest of the time. If you want to write
quality software in your free time then you start/join an FOSS project
and put the code to good use.
Nobody is claiming that this is a good way to write code or a good way
to learn PHP, it's just for fun.
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