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Re: Python

From	"Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.misc, alt.folklore.computers, comp.lang.python
Subject	Re: Python
Date	2025-12-20 12:38 +0100
Message-ID	<ffei1mx4lk.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> (permalink)
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On 2025-12-18 15:40, Peter Flass wrote:
> On 12/17/25 20:10, c186282 wrote:
>> On 12/17/25 14:17, rbowman wrote:
>>> On Wed, 17 Dec 2025 03:11:09 -0500, c186282 wrote:
>>>
>>>> Probably 50% of the text in my code - doesn't matter which
>>>> lang - is 'comments'.
>>>
>>> I looked at some of my code and it's pretty much comment free.
>>> There are a couple of .c files with comments that I reused from
>>> another project that have somebody's comments.
>>> 
>>> I had a tendency to clone similar projects and inherit some code
>>> that I could tweak so the final executable did one thing well.
>>> We had a couple of nightmares that originally did one thing well
>>> but for the next project the programmer said 'That's close to
>>> what I need. A few configuration values here and there and it
>>> will work.'  The next time around it got some more configuration
>>> values to do something else.  I have a Swiss Army knife I found;
>>> it's in the junk drawer.>>
>>
>>    Well ... I'll better understand, and be able to mod, my
>>    old programs better than you. I find 'excessive' commenting
>>    anything BUT 'excessive'. I *enjoy* writing out the meaning
>>    and implications of almost every step.
>>
> 
> I comment *A LOT*. When I had to go back and revisit some very old code, 
> I wished I had commented more. I've almost never looked at a program and 
> said "I wish it had fewer comments."

+1

-- 
Cheers, Carlos.
ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;

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