Andromxda 🇺🇦🇵🇸🇹🇼@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Programmer Humor@programming.devEnglish · 3 months agoHow programmers comment their codelemmy.dbzer0.comimagemessage-square38fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageHow programmers comment their codelemmy.dbzer0.comAndromxda 🇺🇦🇵🇸🇹🇼@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Programmer Humor@programming.devEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square38fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareImpulseDrive42@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoI had a old job that told me that code is “self documenting” if you write it “good enough”. And that comments were unnecessary. It always annoyed the heck out of me. Comments are imo more helpful than hurtful typically. Is it just me? Or am I weird? Lol.
minus-squareඞmir@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoCode is not self documenting when decision trees are created based on some methodology that’s not extremely obvious
I had a old job that told me that code is “self documenting” if you write it “good enough”. And that comments were unnecessary.
It always annoyed the heck out of me. Comments are imo more helpful than hurtful typically.
Is it just me? Or am I weird? Lol.
Code is not self documenting when decision trees are created based on some methodology that’s not extremely obvious