From: Thomas Tanner <tanner@gmx.de>
  To  : ggi-develop@eskimo.com
  Date: Wed, 16 Sep 1998 15:00:15 +0200

Re: Some coding tips...

becka@rz.uni-duesseldorf.de wrote:
> 
> > STOP BLINDLY COPYING CODE AROUND IF YOU DON'T HAVE A CLUE ABOUT
> > WHAT IT DOES! In the best case it will just be some useless bloat
> > dragged around, but in the worst case it's a real PITA to fix it.
> Uh - what causes your anger ?

 He probably looked through the libggi sources.
 These "tips" are similar to what I've said after my 
 "libggi horror trip" a few months ago :->
 
 Quick Hacks(tm) unite! :)

> > Always free memory you allocated.
> > If you don't know how to use a system call, please use the manpage.
> > Include all the required headers, but not any other weird headers.
> And:
> - Look to the left and right before crossing the street
> - Never puke against the wind
> - Never play with a burning dog

  - don't use Obfuscator to beautify your code

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