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Bill is a pro grammer (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 11 months ago (43 children)

Yeah, but unironic...

If your code needs comments, it's either because it's unnecessarily complex/convoluted, or because there's more thought in it (e.g. complex mathematic operations, or edge-cases etc.). Comments just often don't age well IME, and when people are "forced" to read the (hopefully readable) code, they will more likely understand what is really happening, and the relevant design decisions.

Good video I really recommend: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bf7vDBBOBUA

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (7 children)

and if you need an unnecessarily complex code for performance sake?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 11 months ago (1 children)

There's a comment for you to explain the why.

Rule of thumb: code explains the how and what, comments explain the why.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

Yeah that's a good summary

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