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Bill is a pro grammer (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 11 months ago by CowsLookLikeMaps@sh.itjust.works to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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[-] wit@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago

Code should be self documenting.

[-] JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 20 points 11 months ago

But you should also comment it, things obvious to you aren't obvious to even future you.

[-] gornius@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago

General rule of thumb: Comments say why is it here, not what it does. Code itself should describe what it does.

[-] Sylvartas@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago

But then you write code in the real world and find out that you have to write some ass backwards code every other day because of deadlines, backwards compatibility or whatever, and suddenly you realize that despite your best efforts, code cannot always be self documenting.

Source: me.