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> There's a real danger that comments aren't updated when code is, particularly if 3rd parties make those changes. So much this. If it took you everything you
by ethbr0 4y ago
> There's a real danger that comments aren't updated when code is, particularly if 3rd parties make those changes.
So much this. If it took you everything you learned over the last week + an epiphany to come up with a bit of code, how is someone scanning through supposed to understand it?
Or, in example with hilariously apropos incomplete post-hoc comments, 0x5F3759DF https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fast_inverse_square_root#Overview_of_the_code https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fast_inverse_square_root#Ove...