Comments on: Geek alert: Andreessen suggests new tag

By: mathewi

mathewi — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:19:07 +0000

That's good advice for more than just programming, Scott :-)

By: Scott Kinoshita

Scott Kinoshita — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:14:06 +0000

I am only slightly embarrassed to find this post really interesting… but I'm going to blame my background in computer programming for that.

It's a coding habit to reuse things as much as possible so code is as efficient as possible — that's probably Tim Berners-Lee's thinking. I know for myself, sometimes worrying about efficiency will get in the way of recognizing the elegance of giving elements their own tag.

My old C++ teacher used to remind us to get it working first, THEN make it sleek and efficient.

By: mathewi

mathewi — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:19:07 +0000

That's good advice for more than just programming, Scott :-)

By: Scott Kinoshita

Scott Kinoshita — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:14:06 +0000

I am only slightly embarrassed to find this post really interesting… but I'm going to blame my background in computer programming for that.

My old C++ teacher used to remind us to get it working first, THEN make it sleek and efficient.

By: mathewi

mathewi — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 05:37:04 +0000

Thanks, Hao — more props forthcoming :-)