From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 109fba,f292779560fb8442 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: fac41,af40e09e753872c X-Google-Attributes: gidfac41,public X-Google-Thread: 1014db,30e368bdb3310fe5 X-Google-Attributes: gid1014db,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,30e368bdb3310fe5 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 1008e3,30e368bdb3310fe5 X-Google-Attributes: gid1008e3,public X-Google-Thread: 10db24,30e368bdb3310fe5 X-Google-Attributes: gid10db24,public X-Google-Thread: f8c65,30e368bdb3310fe5 X-Google-Attributes: gidf8c65,public From: z007400b@bcfreenet.seflin.lib.fl.us (Ralph Silverman) Subject: Re: The Last Word on Comments (was Re: Hungarian notation) Date: 1996/07/11 Message-ID: <4s3397$9ih@nntp.seflin.lib.fl.us>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 167813061 references: <31bf6e29.185297643@netline-fddi.jpl.nasa.gov> <31C685A1.F1@wgs.estec.esa.nl> <4q79lr$ju5@panix3.panix.com> <4r1bdp$3ib@nntp.seflin.lib.fl.us> followup-to: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.modula3,comp.lang.modula2,comp.edu,comp.lang.eiffel organization: SEFLIN Free-Net - Broward newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.modula3,comp.lang.modula2,comp.edu,comp.lang.eiffel Date: 1996-07-11T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Robert Dewar (dewar@cs.nyu.edu) wrote: : " comments can be wrong in a : ^^^^^ : fundamental way : source is not," : This is wrong. It seems right only if you have no sense of abstraction. : The code is *way* over-specified. The function of comments (or one of : many functions) is to comment things at the right level of abstraction : and at the right level of specification. : The fact that you have been burned by your own and others inadequate : comments inadequately maintained is not a good reason for suggesting : that others who are perfectly capable of writing good comments and : maintaining them should not do so! -- ************begin r.s. response************** if this is restricted to working code ^^^^^^^^^^^^ then code as distinct from comments, certainly, is authoritative in a way comments can not be! that is, regarding program behavior!!! there may be circumstances where this distinction is important yes ? also... regarding 'burned' those who assume comments are not at greater liability in this are liable to be mislead by the apparent authority of comments! ************end r.s. response**************** Ralph Silverman z007400b@bcfreenet.seflin.lib.fl.us