XPost: alt.folklore.computers, comp.lang.python   
   From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 2025-12-18 15:40, Peter Flass wrote:   
   > 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."   
      
   +1   
      
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