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Re: self-documenting code? a pipe dream?

From Nick Keighley <nick_keighley_nospam@hotmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.programming
Subject Re: self-documenting code? a pipe dream?
Date 2012-07-19 01:21 -0700
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On Jul 19, 1:24 am, Aaron W. Hsu <arcf...@sacrideo.us> wrote:

> I happen to think that putting this sort of discipline into programming,
> using some literate form of programming, leads to better designed programs,
> and programs that have fewer bugs and that are easier to maintain. There
> are lots of tools out there for doing this,

any in particular you'd recommend?

> but programmer's seem averse
> to putting themselves into the role of being authors and writers for
> a human audience, rather than hackers talking to a computer.

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self-documenting code?  a pipe dream? bob <bob@coolfone.comze.com> - 2012-07-18 11:18 -0700
  Re: self-documenting code?  a pipe dream? malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com - 2012-07-18 12:05 -0700
    Re: self-documenting code?  a pipe dream? Daniel Pitts <newsgroup.nospam@virtualinfinity.net> - 2012-07-18 12:50 -0700
  Re: self-documenting code? a pipe dream? Aaron W. Hsu <arcfide@sacrideo.us> - 2012-07-18 19:24 -0500
    Re: self-documenting code? a pipe dream? Nick Keighley <nick_keighley_nospam@hotmail.com> - 2012-07-19 01:21 -0700
      Re: self-documenting code? a pipe dream? Aaron W. Hsu <arcfide@sacrideo.us> - 2012-07-19 16:07 -0500

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