Ask HN: Was Donald Knuth completely wrong about good programming practice?

Re:Ask HN: Was Donald Knuth completely wrong about good prog... by jstx1 on Thursday November 17, 2022 @10:12AM (#33639937)

> Nowadays, programmers are encouraged to write code with minimal comments

No, they aren't. Find a better hobby than asking absurd questions several times a day.

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Re:Ask HN: Was Donald Knuth completely wrong about good prog... by bicijay on Thursday November 17, 2022 @10:16AM (#33640019)

What a rude comment? Let the man ask his questions. Dont turn this into reddit with those snarky comments expecting "upvotes" please.

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Re:Ask HN: Was Donald Knuth completely wrong about good prog... by 888666 on Thursday November 17, 2022 @10:20AM (#33640084)

I don't believe I comment excessively, but in code reviews I've only ever been told to remove comments rather than to add more while working as a software engineer.

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Re:Ask HN: Was Donald Knuth completely wrong about good prog... by whatwherewhy on Thursday November 17, 2022 @11:25AM (#33641193)

I write programs cca 2:1 comments:code and it is consistently praised for its readability during code reviews and by later maintainers that have to add features to it.

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Re:Ask HN: Was Donald Knuth completely wrong about good prog... by pencilguin on Thursday November 17, 2022 @10:25AM (#33640164)

I frequently encourage programmers to delete comments. Any comment that answers "what" instead of "why" is a problem solved by deletion.

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