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   albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl to the.beez.speaks@gmail.com   
   Re: "The Best Programming Language for t   
   06 Apr 25 12:03:27   
   
   In article ,   
   Hans Bezemer   wrote:   
   >On 06-04-2025 09:10, mhx wrote:   
   > > Documentation is for others :--)   
   >   
   >"Others". That's a philosophical question. Answering it greatly   
   >influences ones view on documentation:   
   >   
   >"You thought that it could never happen to all the people you became."   
   >   
   >That's how I view "persons". I assume I'm the same person that went to   
   >bed, however, I have no evidence whatsoever that I am. Does a computer,   
   >fed with the data his predecessors collected, assume he's the same   
   >computer as the ones he replaced?   
   >   
   >Still, I feel a close connection to the persons that were me before me   
   >and the persons that eventually will become me. I don't want to make   
   >their work unnecessarily difficult. That's why I document. I've praised   
   >them several times - either for making a tutorial for a specific library   
   >- or at least leaving an example or demo.   
   >   
   >That's why I think the Hans Bezemer of yesterday was not only a clever   
   >lad, but also a nice guy. ;-)   
      
   Exactly my thoughts. How often I read code and think that it is brilliantly   
   written and brilliantly documented, but I don't remember I wrote it.   
      
   >Hans Bezemer   
   >   
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