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How programmers comment their code (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 73 points 2 months ago (12 children)

Comments should explain "why", the code already explains "what".

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Unless you're working with people who are too smart, then sometimes the code only explains the how. Why did the log processor have thousands of lines about Hilbert Curves? I never could figure it out even after talking with the person that wrote it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

If you know how the code does something, you also know what it does.

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