> | I know of *NO* programmer who does not delight in completely ripping out > | and replacing existing code with code that he has written from scratch. > | It's great fun, and it allows the person to feel better about the > | system, themselves, and make sure that they can debug the existing code > | better. I do it all the time. But, I know for a fact that it's rarely > > I guess you don't really know me. I've always taken great pleasure in > fixing other peoples code.
Does that mean you *don't* like writing your own code from scratch? I never said that people don't *also* enjoy figuring out other people's code, but it's often *much* less fun when you are the person responsible for maintaining it long-term. > I also like code without coments, it forces me to understand the actual > written code and derive the concept from it vs. assuming the concept that > has been described. Comments for me are to describe "black magic" ie. > bizare side-effect/hardware bugs. *Ewww* You *are* a special guy, aren't you. *grin* I need comments in my own code because I look at so much code nowadays that I forgot even why *I* did things at a later point. :) Nate To Unsubscribe: send mail to majord...@freebsd.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
