[Gllug] More Microsoft patents

[Bruce Richardson]

On Wed, Feb 12, 2003 at 02:13:32PM +0000, Doug wrote:
> Comments are, IMHO, a bit of a red herring in my view.   Code should be
> understandable without them - comments are there to provide depth to
> understanding and explain what is intended (which is not necessarily
> what is achieved).  

That works on a small scale but not for any decent size of project.
Unless your time is unlimited.

> 
> If you have to put a line of comments for every line of code to explain
> what it means, then that code is bad.

In whatever language.

-- 
Bruce

It is impolite to tell a man who is carrying you on his shoulders that
his head smells.
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