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To me it ruins the surprise, uncommented code is like an uncommented novel, once you've grok'd it the whole thing starts to make sense. Comments are like coles
by fleitz 13y ago
To me it ruins the surprise, uncommented code is like an uncommented novel, once you've grok'd it the whole thing starts to make sense.
Comments are like coles notes.
It's good as professional courtesy but for personal projects... seems like a waste of time.
- zura 13y ago>it ruins the surprise Huh? In the first place, I do NOT want any surprise at all.
- hobbes300 13y agoUntil you go back to it in a year's time and can't remember any of the reasons for your design decisions.
- Ntrails 13y agoBesides, I genuinely find myself hilarious so the attempts at pithy commentary tend to make the whole "christ what was I thinking" part of looking at my old work less painful.
- saraid216 13y agoA novel is nothing but comments. The code was already executed in the author's brain.