Write only programming

From: Frank McConnell <fmc_at_reanimators.org>
Date: Thu Feb 28 23:39:39 2002

"R. D. Davis" <rdd_at_rddavis.org> wrote:
> Also, remember that obfuscated code is an art form that should bring
> bonuses and raises to programmers skilled in this art. Besides, a
> programmer who can't read so-called "difficult to read code," with no
> comments, isn't a real programmer. :-)

No comments? I think you're forgetting the potential of comments as
things whose maintenance is a lesser priority and whose relationship
to the code may therefore differ from the reader's expectations.

-Frank McConnell
Received on Thu Feb 28 2002 - 23:39:39 GMT