On Fri, Jan 2, 2009 at 3:04 PM, Eric Bielefeld <eric-ibmm...@wi.rr.com> wrote: > I hope that when people say "Real Programmers don't comment code" that they > are being humorous, or just kidding around. Assemble code for someone like > myself who has done a lot of coding, but done it a long time ago, is hard to > read. Good comments make it at least possible to follow what the author was > doing. I think if I were the boss, and someone wrote a lot of assmbler code > without comments, they would either change their ways, or find a different > job.
I worked for a development company where, at an engineering meeting, the VP of Engineering said that folks shouldn't comment their code, because the comments might not be correct. I waited for him to laugh. He didn't. Later, I asked one of the others about it; he assured me that the VP was serious. I ignored him. They're not out of business... (I know, it must have been MY fault!) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
