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| Started by | Richard Parker <r.richardparker@comcast.net> |
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| First post | 2011-05-26 11:50 -0700 |
| Last post | 2011-05-27 14:17 -0400 |
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The worth of comments Richard Parker <r.richardparker@comcast.net> - 2011-05-26 11:50 -0700
Re: The worth of comments Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2011-05-27 11:42 +1000
Re: The worth of comments Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2011-05-27 13:54 +0000
Re: The worth of comments Irmen de Jong <irmen@-NOSPAM-xs4all.nl> - 2011-05-27 19:05 +0200
Re: The worth of comments Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2011-05-27 17:53 +0000
Re: The worth of comments Irmen de Jong <irmen.NOSPAM@xs4all.nl> - 2011-05-28 15:09 +0200
Re: The worth of comments python@bdurham.com - 2011-05-28 09:34 -0400
Re: The worth of comments Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2011-05-28 09:36 -0400
Re: The worth of comments Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-05-29 00:02 +1000
Re: The worth of comments Irmen de Jong <irmen.NOSPAM@xs4all.nl> - 2011-05-28 16:05 +0200
Re: The worth of comments Gregory Ewing <greg.ewing@canterbury.ac.nz> - 2011-05-29 12:47 +1200
Re: The worth of comments Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2011-05-29 11:41 +1000
Re: The worth of comments Gregory Ewing <greg.ewing@canterbury.ac.nz> - 2011-05-29 23:05 +1200
Re: The worth of comments Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2011-05-29 14:43 +0000
Re: The worth of comments Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2011-05-29 11:39 -0400
Re: The worth of comments Irmen de Jong <irmen.NOSPAM@xs4all.nl> - 2011-05-29 03:49 +0200
Re: The worth of comments Alister Ware <alister.ware@ntlworld.com> - 2011-05-29 17:26 +0000
Re: The worth of comments Neil Cerutti <neilc@norwich.edu> - 2011-05-31 14:47 +0000
Re: The worth of comments Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2011-05-26 22:08 -0400
Re: The worth of comments Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-05-27 15:13 +1000
Re: The worth of comments Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2011-05-27 09:25 -0400
Re: The worth of comments Tim Roberts <timr@probo.com> - 2011-05-27 00:02 -0700
Re: The worth of comments "D'Arcy J.M. Cain" <darcy@druid.net> - 2011-05-27 09:29 -0400
RE: The worth of comments "Prasad, Ramit" <ramit.prasad@jpmchase.com> - 2011-05-27 14:17 -0400
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| From | Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> |
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| Date | 2011-05-27 09:25 -0400 |
| Message-ID | <roy-159D24.09251227052011@news.panix.com> |
| In reply to | #6371 |
In article <mailman.2145.1306473197.9059.python-list@python.org>, Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> wrote: > (Did I *really* write that code? It has my name on it.....) Most version control systems have an annotate command which lets you see who wrote a given line of code. Some of them are even honest enough to call the command "blame" instead of "annotate" :-) And, yes, it's always a rude shock when I stare at some hunk of code, mutter, "who wrote this crap!?" and fire up annotate/blame only to discover my name on it.
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| From | Tim Roberts <timr@probo.com> |
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| Date | 2011-05-27 00:02 -0700 |
| Message-ID | <nsiut6hcra33fmgdrcp0s6h0r7sap451qv@4ax.com> |
| In reply to | #6361 |
Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> wrote: > >Over the years, my use of comments has evolved. I was taught, "You >should comment your code". Eventually, I came to realize that the real >mandate is, "You should make it easy to understand your code". Comments >are just one possible tool to help achieve that goal. Absolutely correct. In my view, this is one of the strongest attributes of Python -- its syntax is such that much of the code can be read out loud like prose. That's a HUGE benefit. Code is read a lot more often than it is written. Ruby has a lot of followers, and I am trying to get excited about it, but it has succumbed to the same special-characters-as-syntax disease that killed Perl. Much Ruby code is just unreadable. -- Tim Roberts, timr@probo.com Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.
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| From | "D'Arcy J.M. Cain" <darcy@druid.net> |
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| Date | 2011-05-27 09:29 -0400 |
| Message-ID | <mailman.2149.1306502995.9059.python-list@python.org> |
| In reply to | #6374 |
On Fri, 27 May 2011 00:02:23 -0700 Tim Roberts <timr@probo.com> wrote: > Ruby has a lot of followers, and I am trying to get excited about it, but > it has succumbed to the same special-characters-as-syntax disease that > killed Perl. Much Ruby code is just unreadable. What? The recent Perl flame war wasn't enough entertainment for you? ;-) -- D'Arcy J.M. Cain <darcy@druid.net> | Democracy is three wolves http://www.druid.net/darcy/ | and a sheep voting on +1 416 425 1212 (DoD#0082) (eNTP) | what's for dinner.
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| From | "Prasad, Ramit" <ramit.prasad@jpmchase.com> |
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| Date | 2011-05-27 14:17 -0400 |
| Message-ID | <mailman.2162.1306520911.9059.python-list@python.org> |
| In reply to | #6361 |
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