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Documentation, like comments, is most useful when it answers "why" sometimes "how" but rarely "what". And "why" changes much more slowly.
It's why I find API documentation to border on useless. I need examples and rationale, not variable names.
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Documentation, like comments, is most useful when it answers "why" sometimes "how" but rarely "what". And "why" changes much more slowly.
It's why I find API documentation to border on useless. I need examples and rationale, not variable names.