XPost: alt.folklore.computers, comp.lang.python   
   From: Peter@Iron-Spring.com   
      
   On 12/17/25 20:10, c186282 wrote:   
   > On 12/17/25 14:17, rbowman wrote:   
   >> On Wed, 17 Dec 2025 03:11:09 -0500, c186282 wrote:   
   >>   
   >>>     Probably 50% of the text in my code - doesn't matter which lang - is   
   >>>     'comments'.   
   >>   
   >> I looked at some of my code and it's pretty much comment free. There   
   >> are a   
   >> couple of .c files with comments that I reused from another project that   
   >> have somebody's comments.   
   >>   
   >> I had a tendency to clone similar projects and inherit some code that I   
   >> could tweak so the final executable did one thing well. We had a   
   >> couple of   
   >> nightmares that originally did one thing well but for the next project   
   >> the   
   >> programmer said 'That's close to what I need. A few configuration values   
   >> here and there and it will work.'  The next time around it got some more   
   >> configuration values to do something else.  I have a Swiss Army knife I   
   >> found; it's in the junk drawer.   
   >   
   >   
   >    Well ... I'll better understand, and be able to mod, my   
   >    old programs better than you. I find 'excessive' commenting   
   >    anything BUT 'excessive'. I *enjoy* writing out the meaning   
   >    and implications of almost every step.   
   >   
      
   I comment *A LOT*. When I had to go back and revisit some very old code,   
   I wished I had commented more. I've almost never looked at a program and   
   said "I wish it had fewer comments."   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)