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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,587e0e0a16d65b10 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,domainid0,public,usenet X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII Path: g2news1.google.com!news1.google.com!npeer03.iad.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!cyclone1.gnilink.net!gnilink.net!wns13feed!worldnet.att.net!attbi_s22.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: "Jeffrey R. Carter" User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (Windows/20081209) MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Invade wikipedia! References: <1tw8gryqdolal$.1osqedj9x821c.dlg@40tude.net> <5c44eaae-631d-46d2-8384-86af79d5e048@n20g2000vba.googlegroups.com> <944a1924-0fa7-487f-a94d-084a2be1b231@v31g2000vbb.googlegroups.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: 173.16.158.68 X-Complaints-To: abuse@mchsi.com X-Trace: attbi_s22 1235515384 173.16.158.68 (Tue, 24 Feb 2009 22:43:04 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2009 22:43:04 GMT Organization: AT&T ASP.att.net Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2009 22:43:04 GMT Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:3778 Date: 2009-02-24T22:43:04+00:00 List-Id: Hibou57 (Yannick Duch�ne) wrote: > > No value in which area ? The basic rule for comments is that they must add value: they must tell you something that the code doesn't. The comment in question simply repeats the name of the procedure; the code already tells you that. Therefore, the comment adds no value. -- Jeff Carter "Pray that there's intelligent life somewhere up in space, 'cause there's bugger all down here on earth." Monty Python's Meaning of Life 61