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01/18/11 08:04
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#180672 - Hardware-specific vs. "good code".
Responding to: ???'s previous message
Joseph Hebert said:
There is one fundamental problem to producing such a library. Embedded code is, by its very nature, very hardware specific.


However, many, many aspects of "good" code are not hardware-specific. They're not even language-specific and work all the way down to assembly. It already improves code quality dramatically to incorporate these aspects into ones own code.

It's mostly really simple stuff, like keeping functions short (no code sprawl that stretches out over two dozen screens), etc, etc.

Of course, such a "quality code" library should be for reference, not for getting ready-made solutions. Maybe contrasting "good" and "bad" code that essentially performs the same function would be a good teaching aid.

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Studying good code?            01/01/70 00:00      
   Apprenticeship            01/01/70 00:00      
      Always good to read code            01/01/70 00:00      
   I assume you write ...            01/01/70 00:00      
      Nice! :)            01/01/70 00:00      
   Becoming an "efficient firmware architect"            01/01/70 00:00      
      Professional training classes            01/01/70 00:00      
   A call to the 8052 community            01/01/70 00:00      
      Stumbling stone is commercialism            01/01/70 00:00      
      my initial offerings            01/01/70 00:00      
         Great!            01/01/70 00:00      
      A more fundamental problem            01/01/70 00:00      
         Hardware-specific vs. "good code".            01/01/70 00:00      
            source of inspiration            01/01/70 00:00      
               Intentionally bad vs. unintentionally bad?            01/01/70 00:00      
                  Hard to intentionally write really bad code            01/01/70 00:00      
                     why it's hard to write bad code...            01/01/70 00:00      
                        Standard mistakes.            01/01/70 00:00      
                           Brilliant link            01/01/70 00:00      
                     Bad code that actually works.            01/01/70 00:00      
                     it takes a genius            01/01/70 00:00      
         Good code for teaching            01/01/70 00:00      
            _More_ than just MISRA? *heartattack*            01/01/70 00:00      
            Pedagogical            01/01/70 00:00      
            and there's the rub            01/01/70 00:00      
               Problem with commenting too            01/01/70 00:00      
               Many hands make light work            01/01/70 00:00      
         Arduino            01/01/70 00:00      
            No need for reference hw            01/01/70 00:00      
               Beautiful Code            01/01/70 00:00      
                  There are lots of books on good coding practices ...            01/01/70 00:00      
                     And that was the OP's specific question!            01/01/70 00:00      
      Another Fundamental Tenet            01/01/70 00:00      
         Critisism            01/01/70 00:00      
   studying code ...            01/01/70 00:00      
      Even high-end embedded suffers            01/01/70 00:00      
         I agree, but            01/01/70 00:00      

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