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. Menu Level Coins Spent Cooking Time Total Revenue Total Profit coins/hour cafe points cafe points/hour . Atomic Buffalo Wings 21 365 3 hours 960 595 198.33 68 (21, 46, 1) 22.67 . Bacon Cheeseburger 1 30 5 minutes 52 22 264 7 (3, 3, 1) 84 . Buttermilk Pancakes 25 265 45 minutes 400 135 180 31 (9, 21, 1) 41.33 . Caramel Apples 105 2 hours 300 195 97.5 35 (12, 22, 1) 17.5 . Chicken Gyro and Fries 23 60 10 minutes 88 28 167.7 14 (3, 10, 1) 83.8 . Chicken Pot Pie 33 3515 2 days 11100 7585 158.02 307 (66, 240, 1) 6.4 . Chips and Guacamole 1 25 3 minutes 36 11 220 4 (3, 0, 1) 80 . Crackling Peking Duck 13 915 18 hours 3600 2686 149.17 166 (15, 150, 1) 9.2 . Delicious Chocolate Cake 52 1315: 14 hours 4750 3435 245.36 273 (72, 200, 1) 19.5 . Fiery Fish Tacos 39 740 2 hours 1230 490 245 50 (15, 34, 1) 25 . French Onion Soup 190 4 hours 615 425 106.25 61 (12, 48, 1) 15.25 . Gingerbread House 515 5 days 14000 13485 112.375 1063 (12, 1050, 1) 8.85 . Grand Tandoori Chicken 50 2015 24 hours 6000 3985 166 405 (64, 340, 1) 16.88 . Herbed Halibut 17 715 24 hours 4500 3785 157.71 225 (23, 203, 1) 9.38 . Homestyle Pot Roast 1815 2 days 5750 3935 82 279 (60, 218, 1) 5.8 . Impossible Quiche 47 5015 48 hours 15200 10185 212.19 352 (75, 276, 1) 7.33 . Jammin' Jelly Donuts 55 20 minutes 120 65 195 15 (6, 8, 1) 45 . Jumbo Shrimp Cocktail 7 80 30 minutes 148 68 136 21 (3, 17, 1) 42 . King Crab Bisque 27 1315 1 day 6685 5370 223.75 252 (54, 197, 1) 10.5

. Kung Pao Stir Fry 31 615 4 hours 1600 985 246.25 75 (21, 53, 1) 18.75 . Lavish Lamb Curry 56 1515 8 hours 3300 1785 223.125 200 (54, 145, 1) 25 . Macaroni and Cheese 265 2 hours 510 245 122.25 41 (15, 25, 1) 20.5 . Overstuffed Peppers 35 1315 12 hours 4300 2985 248.75 206 (45, 160, 1) 17.16 . Powdered French Toast 43 155 20 minutes 222 67 201 22 (3, 18, 1) 66 . Pumpkin Pie 215 12 hours 1060 845 70.4 76 (15, 60, 1) 6.33 . Savory Stuffed Turkey 9 700 22 hours 3600 2885 131.36 216 (15, 200, 1) 9.81 . Shu Mai Dumplings 965 6 hours 2320 1355 225.83 156 (60, 95, 1) 26 . Smoked Salmon Latkes 2015 2 hours 2400 385 192.5 63 (27, 35, 1) 31.5 . Spaghetti and Meatballs 11 465 8 hours 1375 910 113.75 100 (24, 75, 1) 12.5 . Spitfire Roasted Chicken 615 1 day 3200 2585 107.7 210 (15, 194, 1) 8.75 . Super Chunk Fruit Salad 50 15 minutes 100 50 200 14 (3, 10, 1) 56 . Sweet Seasonal Ham 515 12 hours 2400 1885 157.08 102 (21, 80, 1) 8.5 . Tikka Masala Kabobs 5 230 1 hour 360 130 130 22(6, 15, 1) 22 . Tony's Classic Pizza 15 415 5 hours 1300 885 177 68 (21, 46, 1) 13.6 . Tostada de Carne Asada 29 915 8 hours 2400 1485 185.625 123 (42, 80, 1) 15.375 . Triple Berry Cheesecake 415 12 hours 1650 1235 102.9 140 (15, 124, 1) 11.67 . Vampire Staked Steak (Halloween only) 315 1 day 2010 1695 70.6 113 (15, 97, 1) 4.71 . Voodoo Chicken Salad 19 715 12 hours 2675 1960 163.33 168 (36, 131, 1) 14 .

This code will always throw ConcurrentModificationException:

for (Person person: group) {
group.remove(person);
}

Because:
You cannot remove an object from a collection while iterating through it.

I don't agree with "single exit point" and so did I practically never apply it.

Glad to find an entry on this website:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1701686/why-should-methods-have-a-single-entry-and-exit-points

It said that:

This advice is outdated and bad for code pratice because it will lead to temporary variable which is hard to maintain.

To me, temporary variables smell bad a lot rather that multiple exit points.


public void uglyAndWrong(final int hamsandwich) {
int answer;
if (hamsandwich % 2 == 0) {
answer = 27;
} else {
answer = 13;
}
return answer;
}

vs:

public void comelyAndHip(final int hamsandwich) {
if (hamsandwich % 2 == 0) {
return 27;
}
return 13;
}


How about multiple entry point ?

Look at this code:

public void doSomething(MyObject person, boolean beNice) {
if (beNice) {
//code to do something nice
} else {
//code to do something not nice
}
}

vs:

public void doSomethingNice(MyObject person) {
//code to do something nice
}


public void doSomethingNotNice(MyObject person) {
//code to do something not nice
}


Which one do you prefer ?
I prefer the first one coz it would reduce code duplications because most of the time, code to "do something nice" will just be different in a little way with "do something not nice".

Quoted from one of Jakarta Globe's article:

In polite Indonesian language, these are recommendations. In more direct language, these recommendations should be implemented.

This sentences remind me about Malcolm Gladwell's newest book "Outliers" about how airplane accidents happened because of miscommunication between the pilot and the copilot when they came from 2 different countries. And it make sense to me because I see that kind of thing happened at our office a lot, which has expatriates as managers.

So, according to Indonesian polite language, recommendations or suggestions mean that it should be implemented. But according to west people, recommendations mean recommendations.

Because I was born here, shame on me I do that a lot. So we sort of understand what people "mean" when they "say" something different. And whether they actually want something or not, when they say they don't want it.

You see??? It's so complicated, maybe east people [we] should fix their [our] way of communicating things by using words only without too much feeling inside.

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