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Re:Dijkstra On the foolishness of "natural language programm... by dmoy on Thursday April 03, 2025 @12:27PM (#43572060)
People definitely could stand to write a lot more comments in their code. And like... yea, textbook style prose, not just re-stating the code in slightly less logical wording.
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Re:Dijkstra On the foolishness of "natural language programm... by WillAdams on Thursday April 03, 2025 @03:17PM (#43574110)
Welcome to the world of advocating for Literate Programming:

http://literateprogramming.com/

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Re:Dijkstra On the foolishness of "natural language programm... by hackable_sand on Friday April 04, 2025 @12:00AM (#43578191)
Yes exactly. Or like signposts on a road.

"You came from these few places, you might go to these few places, watch out for these bugbears if you go down that one path."

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