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From: dale@cs.rmit.edu.au (Dale Stanbrough)
Subject: Re: Is there a language that Dijkstra liked? (was: Re: Software
 landmines (loops))
Date: 1998/10/24
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Brian Mueller wrote:

"Now that you bring that up, I got into trouble for having too many
 comment blocks in my code, WFT is this?  I could have handed my
 project to anyone in that room and they would have been able to read
 it and understand what I was doing easily from my comments.  I've
 always been told, the more, the better.  I hate my C.S. class, can't
 wait until the spring when I get to take C (which I know a bit), and
 learn how to do it RIGHT."


Not commenting on your particular situation, but definately there can be
such a thing as too many comments. The one comment per line of code 
is definately the wrong thing to more often than not.

It seems to me you have a problem with the staff and/or course, rather 
than Ada.

Dale