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Article #620682Re: Nostalgia
From: Peter Flass
Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2018 13:54
Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2018 13:54
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J. Clarke <jclarke...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 26 Feb 2018 06:43:24 GMT, Jorgen Grahn <grahn...@snipabacken.se> > wrote: > >> On Mon, 2018-02-26, Dan Espen wrote: >>> Peter Flass <peter...@yahoo.com> writes: >>> >>>> Bob Eager <news...@eager.cx> wrote: >>>>> On Sun, 25 Feb 2018 17:29:16 +0000, Huge wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> On 2018-02-25, Andrew Swallow <am.sw...@btinternet.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> [15 lines snipped] >>>>>> >>>>>>> Reading Fortran and Assembler code tells you how, it does not tell you >>>>>>> why. Comments are needed for that. >>>>>> >>>>>> *applause* >>>>>> >>>>>> Anyone who writes code like this should be shot; >>>>>> >>>>>> x=5; # Set x to 5 >>>>> >>>>> Strangely, I was doing generic feedback for an assignment about an hour >>>>> ago. I repeated this statement, but not in Huge terms. (the external >>>>> examiner will read it) >>>> >>>> When you start writing assembler everyone says you should put a comment on >>>> every line, so you tend to do a lot of this until you get the idea. >>> >>> Putting a comment on every line makes it simpler to >>> read the whole program as comments. With highlighting >>> this is an easy way to quickly absorb a module. >>> >>> Of course the comments may not be 100% right. >>> >>> In the above case, the code still needs a comment >>> but it should be something like: >>> >>> x=5; # Max supported fingers >> >> max_supported_fingers=5; # Nothing more to say > > But a lot more to type and that style tends to be hard to > read--operators get lost in the visual noise. > Also assumes you're writing in a language that supports identifiers longer than 8 characters. -- Pete
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