23 Mar
2018
23 Mar
'18
1:01 a.m.
From: Dave Horsfall <dave(a)horsfall.org>
Yep, and I'm glad that I had bosses to whom I didn't have to explain why
my comments were so voluminous.
And who first said "Write your code as though the next person to maintain
it is a psychotic axe-wielding murderer who knows where you live"? I've
often thought that way (as the murderer I mean, not the murderee).
I'd name names, but he might be on this list...
I’ve always said that the person was a ‘reformed’ axe-wielding murderer
who knows where you live.
Please, a little decorum.
W.R.T. comments in code, and a bit of Unix, when I taught Unix Systems
programming at UCSD one of my students wanted to use his personal
computer for the programming. I didn’t care as long as it would pass the
tests I ran after the fact.
After his second homework was turned in, I stopped looking at his code
or even running it, as the comment blocks were just so well done. Nary
a comment in the function itself, just a block before each one very clearly
explaining what was happening.
David