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Re:“My Code is Self-Documenting” by lisivka on Friday January 27, 2017 @04:38PM (#13502913)
To miss comments in the code, developer must be blind. Maybe you are telling us about sad story of external documentation?
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Re:“My Code is Self-Documenting” by lgas on Friday January 27, 2017 @04:51PM (#13503016)
This isn't true, especially when you're dealing with legacy code that is overcommented. Your brain will learn to tune them out.
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