Programming Style

Abstract

Programming in any language is a skill acquired largely by experience and by observing the example of others. The way in which your programs are presented is a matter for personal taste. It is often a tradeoff between brevity and intelligibility. Although programming ‘style’ is often considered to be unquantifiable and assessable only in subjective terms, we have made an attempt, in an appendix, to identify those features of program layout and organisation that tend to make it more visually appealing and more easily comprehensible.