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Re: COBOL and tricks

From Bob Eager <news0009@eager.cx>
Newsgroups alt.folklore.computers, comp.os.linux.misc
Subject Re: COBOL and tricks
Date 2022-10-28 08:03 +0000
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References (16 earlier) <1993356671.680307216.022066.peter_flass-yahoo.com@news.eternal-september.org> <HpKdnfYAbfikikP_nZ2dnUU7-cvNnZ2d@earthlink.com> <574555364.680474584.174865.peter_flass-yahoo.com@news.eternal-september.org> <Q8FDK.545253$J0r9.492663@fx11.iad> <tjfvr0$30r9q$1@dont-email.me>

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On Fri, 28 Oct 2022 02:20:00 -0500, Charles Richmond wrote:

> On 7/25/2022 5:52 PM, Charlie Gibbs wrote:
>> 
>> A sufficiently determined programmer can write unreadable code in any
>> language.  Convoluted code with no comments is even worse.
>> Convoluted code with outdated, incorrect comments is worse still.
>> 
>> 
> At a PPoE, we received FORTRAN code under a tech-sharing agreement with
> a competitor. A comment atop a convoluted subroutine read:
> 
> C
> C        IT TOOK ME A LONG TIME TO UNDERSTAND HOW THIS c        ROUTINE
> WORKS, AND IT WILL TAKE YOU A LONG TIME C        ALSO, CAUSE I AM NOT
> GOING TO TELL YOU HOW IT C        WORKS.
> C
> 
> a very helpful comment indeed!

In this context, it is obligatory to link this:

 https://gist.github.com/FedericoPonzi/f026ff5c210e738ee03d271c8fc0f29b

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Re: COBOL and tricks Charles Richmond <codescott@aquaporin4.com> - 2022-10-28 02:20 -0500
  Re: COBOL and tricks Bob Eager <news0009@eager.cx> - 2022-10-28 08:03 +0000
    Re: COBOL and tricks Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2022-10-28 22:17 +0000
      Re: COBOL and tricks Charles Richmond <codescott@aquaporin4.com> - 2022-10-29 07:45 -0500
        Re: COBOL and tricks Bob Eager <news0009@eager.cx> - 2022-10-29 17:07 +0000

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