Good style in Lojban
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Don't repeat yourself
ko na jai gau rapli fai lo me lo nei moi
Every piece of knowledge must have a single, unambiguous, authoritative representation within a discourse[1]. Don't copy fragments of your discourse. Instead try to go to higher levels of abstraction to avoid that. Instead of
| mi do prami .ije do mi prami mi do prami gi'e se prami I love you, and you love me. |
say
| mi do se xi vei pa je re prami I love you, and vice versa. |
This allows for more tricky examples to be expressed using the same algorithm:
| mi do se xi vei pa jonai re prami Either I love you, or you love me, but not both. |
etc.
Links
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pragmatic_Programmer
- http://www.grobmeier.de/the-10-rules-of-a-zen-programmer-03022012.html#.U8D4YlWSy2k
- http://blog.codinghorror.com/a-pragmatic-quick-reference/
- http://programmer.97things.oreilly.com/wiki/index.php/97_Things_Every_Programmer_Should_Know