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Surprising? (Score:2)

by Matts (1087)

I'm not surprised the programmer was having a hard time. That's HORRID code.

Really you (or whoever is the programmer) shouldn't try and do so much in the for (...) bit. If you're going to use the C-style for loop you really should try and limit yourself to the three simple steps: define variable, test variable, increment variable. Anything beyond that is pure obfuscation.
- Re:Surprising? (Score:1)
  
  by mako132 (2925)
  
  I agree. Any more than 1 variable in the for() and you're asking for trouble...
  
  Maybe he's memorized some favorite algorithm.

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