POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.off-topic : The other OS : Re: The other OS Server Time
30 Jul 2024 04:24:32 EDT (-0400)
  Re: The other OS  
From: Darren New
Date: 8 Aug 2011 12:33:57
Message: <4e400ff5@news.povray.org>
On 8/8/2011 7:01, Warp wrote:
>> If you /need/ to generate large chunks of code automatically, you're
>> writing your program wrong.
>
>    You could use the same argument for any of the several features in your
> text editor that you, personally, never use.

I'd more say that if you need to generate large chunks of code 
automatically, your programming language is too low-level for the code 
you're writing. Boilerplate is a sign that your language needs to be able to 
automate the boilerplate.

-- 
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   How come I never get only one kudo?


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