On 30 Apr 2007 08:00:17 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Thomas H Puddicombe) wrote:
>>Unless you have gotten so old you can't remember what your own code does. > >I have had that problem since way before I got old (or at least older). >The >two main reasons why I write lots of comments in my code: >(1) so others can understand the code; >(2) so I can understand the code 6 months later after having worked on >other >tasks for the previous 6 months. So I can remember the code immediately after I write it. Also - many times I document the code to show that I *meant* the code to do what I wrote - and who decided that a particular calculation should be as stated. Some documentation should assist in midnight abort analysis as well - indicating where a problem occurred (might not even be the program's fault). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
