21 Nov
2011
21 Nov
'11
2:51 p.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian Wheeler" <bdwheele at indiana.edu>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
<cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Sent: Monday, November 21, 2011 4:06 PM
Subject: Re: Literate programming is too much work! - Re: TeX - Knuth -
Software quality - Re: Bug-Free Software,
No arguments there. I used to manage some programmers and I'd find lots
of lines like:
a++; // add one to a
Totally pointless.
When I started learning (and coding in) 68000 assembly that's exactly the
sort of thing I used to write after each instruction.
Three years later and I no longer write that rubbish :) Instead I only
write comments where needed (e.g. when it isn't obvious what a particular
register is storing) and the things that give a bigger overview of what is
going on is prefixed and postfixed with asterisks to highlight it (e.g. ****
setup & display screen ****).
Regards,
Andrew B
aliensrcooluk at yahoo.co.uk