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| From | ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>) |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.os.linux.misc, alt.folklore.computers, comp.lang.python |
| Subject | Re: Python |
| Date | 2026-03-04 20:01 +0000 |
| Organization | loft |
| Message-ID | <n0rhccF3ue1U1@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
| References | <CtydnVqzjrtfd5P0nZ2dnZfqn_adnZ2d@giganews.com> <10i13o0$c16d$1@dont-email.me> <wwvike3r7oy.fsf@LkoBDZeT.terraraq.uk> <10o9mre$327a7$3@dont-email.me> |
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In article <10o9mre$327a7$3@dont-email.me>, Michael F. Stemper <michael.stemper@gmail.com> wrote: >On 18/12/2025 12.00, Richard Kettlewell wrote: >> Peter Flass <Peter@Iron-Spring.com> writes: >>> 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." >> >> Regrettably, I’ve encountered plenty of comments that don’t actually >> reflect the code (for a variety of reasons). >> >> If the code is wrong and the comment is right then that’s great, you >> have a nice hint about how to fix the code, assuming you realize there’s >> a problem at all. >> >> However if the code is right but the comment is wrong then the comment >> is worse than nothing. The code would be improved by removing it >> (although almost certainly improved even more by correcting it). > >I encountered a perverse version of that. My (US) employer was purchased >by a German firm. We began adapting their code base for NAFTA market >requirements. The good news was that every comment was written twice: >once in German and once in English. > >The bad news? I knew enough German to be able to tell that the two paired >comments sometimes disagreed on what was being done or how it was done. > A man with one clock knows what time it is. A man with two is never quite sure... -- columbiaclosings.com What's not in Columbia anymore..
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