Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "Carlos E.R." Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,alt.folklore.computers,comp.lang.python Subject: Re: Python Date: Sat, 20 Dec 2025 12:38:55 +0100 Lines: 36 Message-ID: References: <10fvcgr$3d6mu$1@paganini.bofh.team> <10g526s$3o78s$1@dont-email.me> <10ga7mg$7ph$3@news.misty.com> <10gekt9$39ian$4@dont-email.me> <10gfihn$3lshj$1@dont-email.me> <10gh6oj$83hq$8@dont-email.me> <10ghqrq$g7pg$1@dont-email.me> <693d5437$0$2499$426a34cc@news.free.fr> <7a611mx9gf.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <693ea5fa$0$28070$426a74cc@news.free.fr> <10hnh91$1geq0$2@dont-email.me> <10hp0kl$1t75q$1@dont-email.me> <10hsju6$32b9t$3@dont-email.me> <10i13o0$c16d$1@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net F0DYhEscrCW6l4Gec2/4LAaigdF4VwsiG/iQGF+sIFk6Jy29YF X-Orig-Path: Telcontar.valinor!not-for-mail Cancel-Lock: sha1:lpe7gZ26cxcrHYcnyyV6d4p2hvQ= sha256:nELaU+hb3DQWCzdroQiOuXAYpsTLgicYxJ2T8S3EXfk= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: es-ES, en-CA In-Reply-To: <10i13o0$c16d$1@dont-email.me> Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:79566 alt.folklore.computers:232732 comp.lang.python:197648 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🇪🇺;