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You misunderstood the GP - they were criticizing the way some programmers use "code should be self-documenting" as an excuse when they actually mean "I’m too la
by Sharlin 6mo ago
You misunderstood the GP - they were criticizing the way some programmers use "code should be self-documenting" as an excuse when they actually mean "I’m too lazy to write comments even when I really should". Just like "premature optimization is bad" may in fact mean something like "I never bothered to learn how to measure and reason about performance"
- wombatpm 6mo agoAt a minimum they should comment their GOTO’s
- alexjplant 6mo agoUpdated my comment to refine my rhetorical intent. Thank you for the call-out.