New test easily separates good code from bad!

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New test easily separates good code from bad!

Jeff Moden

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March 4, 2008 at 8:29 am

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There's absolutely no comparison. This special test never lies... everyone should use this method for testing for quality code! It's the method preferred by the pros!
http://blog.pengoworks.com/index.cfm/2008/2/15/The-only-valid-measurement-of-code-quality-WTFsminute
--Jeff Moden
RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.
Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.
Helpful Links:
How to post code problems
How to Post Performance Problems
Create a Tally Function (fnTally)

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Lynn Pettis SSC Guru Points: 442467 More actions · Answer 1

Guess I'll have to check this out from home. Can't view the site here at work.

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Jason Selburg SSC-Insane Points: 24641 More actions · Answer 2

LOL, that's now on my wall!

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Matt Miller (4) SSC Guru Points: 124210 More actions · Answer 3

I wonder how that test applies to the "Ballmer Peak" theory of programming?

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Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004434 More actions · Answer 4

If you install a highpass filter, inversely proportional or so it would seem...

--Jeff Moden

RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.

Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.

Helpful Links:
How to post code problems
How to Post Performance Problems
Create a Tally Function (fnTally)

Grant Fritchey SSC Guru Points: 398913 More actions · Answer 5

Almost too accurate to be funny.

Thanks for sharing.

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Roy Ernest SSC-Dedicated Points: 38780 More actions · Answer 6

lol, thats a good one. I have it on our DBA Cubicle...:D

-Roy