dxw00d:
People that code for a hobby, and have no others regularly collaborating on the code, can write how they like.
Well, of course, a hobbyist is free to write how they like. But perhaps they might aspire to gain a higher level of proficiency in the art? Just a thought.
The other thing is that you get more precision in terms of expression; you can choose to use either x++ or ++x an the increment operator, and the difference can often be exploited to write code that is concise, powerful, and even elegant.
dxw00d:
In the line of code being discussed, this is entirely irrelevant.
But the points I make are quite a general ones, rather than about a single line of code. After all, you asked the general question "Does the resulting code run any differently? If not, what does it matter?" So I answered that question. Perhaps the points being made are a bit abstract for you -- you strike me as a fairly, er, blunt fellow.
And of course this:
dxw00d:
collaborating
is basically an own goal, in overtime, anyway. Bob is posting code for the sole purpose of collaboration with his fellow coders. Obviously.
In any case, I'm sure he can tell the difference between a snide dig and a good humored pointer on programming style.
Unlike some. Thanks for playing. 