[rescue] Sun memo regarding Java

[Dave McGuire]

On Tuesday, February 11, 2003, at 12:26 PM, Sheldon T. Hall wrote:
> And today's pop-quiz here in CS 503 ...
>
> Programmers generally avoid inserting comments into their code when 
> writing
> original works.  Most cite one of two popular reasons:
>
> (a)  "Well-written code is self-documenting."
>
> (b)  "If it was hard to write, it should be hard to read."
>
> Later, maintenance programmers, charged with the task of updating or
> debugging this code, frequently take the position:
>
> (c)  "WTF?"
>
> Your assignment - reconcile the positions held by proponents of view 
> (a) and
> view (b) with those asking (c).  You have 30 minutes.

   Any programmer worth his salt can figure it out.  (well, most of it 
;))  If he can't, he should've spent less time stroking professors in 
CS 503 and more time...learning about computers.

   [dave ducks]

        -Dave

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