On Friday, May 2, 2014 5:39:51 PM UTC-5, Mars0i wrote: > > There's a lot in between the amazingly common practice of barely > commenting code--as if it was self-explanatory--and literate programming. > Part of the reason I comment my code is so that *I* can understand it > later. >
Also, I fully support literate programming for those who find it especially useful. And I think we all agree that something more than "no comments anywhere" is what's needed. It's a matter of degree, and the appropriate degree probably depends on the language, the nature of the code, including how well variables and functions are named, the expected readers of the code, the future use of the code, etc. I think programmers differ in how much they can get from just reading through code, some people will be coming from other areas of programming, or will need to understand part of a library without understanding the whole thing, etc. More text is better for some purposes, but not for all. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
