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Re: Can't Avoid That Shit Rust - Even On Gentoo

Subject	Re: Can't Avoid That Shit Rust - Even On Gentoo
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.advocacy, comp.os.linux.misc
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From	"186282@ud0s4.net" <186283@ud0s4.net>
Organization	wokiesux
Date	2024-09-30 03:40 -0400
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On 9/30/24 1:52 AM, Charlie Gibbs wrote:
> On 2024-09-30, 186282@ud0s4.net <186283@ud0s4.net> wrote:
> 
>>     I've occasionally done that with Python.
>>
>>     HOWEVER, the FUTURE readability suffers considerably.
>>
>>     IMHO, write code so YOU can go back to it like five
>>     years later and actually grasp what you did and why.
>>     Overly-complex code, and 'feature creep' RUIN pgms.
> 
> Yup.  Be generous with comments, and write them in plain
> English, not some cryptic set of abbreviations that nobody
> else would understand.  And remember that those comments
> aren't necessarily for someone else - they're for you
> six months from now, when you've forgotten why you wrote
> what you did.

   All my work had more comments than code ... almost
   every line explained and 'concept' stuff above
   every function.

   However 5+ years on, STILL kinda difficult to
   get the whole groove sometimes. This is not
   so good, but it seems COMMON.

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Re: Can't Avoid That Shit Rust - Even On Gentoo Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-09-28 07:38 +0000
  Re: Can't Avoid That Shit Rust - Even On Gentoo "186282@ud0s4.net" <186283@ud0s4.net> - 2024-09-29 01:11 -0400
    Re: Can't Avoid That Shit Rust - Even On Gentoo Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-09-29 05:38 +0000
      Re: Can't Avoid That Shit Rust - Even On Gentoo "186282@ud0s4.net" <186283@ud0s4.net> - 2024-09-30 01:18 -0400
        Re: Can't Avoid That Shit Rust - Even On Gentoo Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2024-09-30 05:52 +0000
          Re: Can't Avoid That Shit Rust - Even On Gentoo Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-09-30 06:03 +0000
            Re: Can't Avoid That Shit Rust - Even On Gentoo rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2024-09-30 07:21 +0000
              Re: Can't Avoid That Shit Rust - Even On Gentoo "186282@ud0s4.net" <186283@ud0s4.net> - 2024-09-30 03:43 -0400
                Re: Can't Avoid That Shit Rust - Even On Gentoo rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2024-09-30 19:31 +0000
                Re: Can't Avoid That Shit Rust - Even On Gentoo candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> - 2024-09-30 19:40 +0000
                Re: Can't Avoid That Shit Rust - Even On Gentoo Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-09-30 22:00 +0000
                Re: Can't Avoid That Shit Rust - Even On Gentoo rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2024-10-01 01:59 +0000
                Re: Can't Avoid That Shit Rust - Even On Gentoo "186282@ud0s4.net" <186283@ud0s4.net> - 2024-09-30 23:56 -0400
                Re: Can't Avoid That Shit Rust - Even On Gentoo Farley Flud <ff@linux.rocks> - 2024-10-01 07:54 +0000
                Re: Can't Avoid That Shit Rust - Even On Gentoo Joel <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2024-10-01 04:01 -0400
                Re: Can't Avoid That Shit Rust - Even On Gentoo "186282@ud0s4.net" <186283@ud0s4.net> - 2024-10-02 00:07 -0400
                Re: Can't Avoid That Shit Rust - Even On Gentoo Farley Flud <ff@linux.rocks> - 2024-10-02 09:49 +0000
                Re: Can't Avoid That Shit Rust - Even On Gentoo "186282@ud0s4.net" <186283@ud0s4.net> - 2024-10-02 22:12 -0400
                Re: Can't Avoid That Shit Rust - Even On Gentoo Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-10-02 22:32 +0000
                Re: Can't Avoid That Shit Rust - Even On Gentoo "186282@ud0s4.net" <186283@ud0s4.net> - 2024-10-02 22:25 -0400
                Re: Can't Avoid That Shit Rust - Even On Gentoo Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-10-03 03:52 +0000
              Re: Can't Avoid That Shit Rust - Even On Gentoo Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-09-30 07:56 +0000
          Re: Can't Avoid That Shit Rust - Even On Gentoo "186282@ud0s4.net" <186283@ud0s4.net> - 2024-09-30 03:40 -0400
            Re: Can't Avoid That Shit Rust - Even On Gentoo Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-09-30 07:56 +0000
              Re: Can't Avoid That Shit Rust - Even On Gentoo "186282@ud0s4.net" <186283@ud0s4.net> - 2024-09-30 04:09 -0400

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