On 18 August 2012 14:34, Fabrizio Giudici <[email protected]>wrote:
> On Sat, 18 Aug 2012 15:28:07 +0200, Graham Allan <[email protected]> > wrote: > > On 18 August 2012 13:47, Cédric Beust ♔ <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> [snip] >>> Anyone who tells you that comments >>> are made unnecessary by good code has probably never worked on anything >>> else >>> than solo or toy projects. >>> >>> >> My experience tells me that certain coding practices render comments >> unnecessary, under certain circumstances. >> Your experience tells you that with other practices comments pull >> their weight, under certain, different circumstances. >> >> Please, let's avoid the ad hominem "anyone who disagrees must be doing >> something trivially easy" argument. >> > > Also, there's a thing to clarify. "Unnecessary" means "zero" and I'd give > a very different response if we're talking about "zero comments" or "a few > comments". > > I'd be *very* surprised if anyone on this list seriously believes in zero comments. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
