Comments on: Why Inline Comments Are Generally a Bad Idea http://www.tomdalling.com/coding-styleconventions/why-inline-comments-are-generally-a-bad-idea Thoughts of a software developer Sat, 28 Aug 2010 00:49:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Tom Dalling http://www.tomdalling.com/coding-styleconventions/why-inline-comments-are-generally-a-bad-idea/comment-page-1#comment-515 Tom Dalling Sat, 28 Aug 2010 00:49:00 +0000 http://www.tomdalling.com/?p=208#comment-515 Sage advice. Sage advice.

]]> By: Greg Jorgensen http://www.tomdalling.com/coding-styleconventions/why-inline-comments-are-generally-a-bad-idea/comment-page-1#comment-514 Greg Jorgensen Fri, 27 Aug 2010 21:55:00 +0000 http://www.tomdalling.com/?p=208#comment-514 "Don't just echo the code with comments -- make every comment count."nn"Make sure comments and code agree."nn"Don't comment bad code -- rewrite it."nnfrom "The Elements of Programming Style" by Kernighan and Plauger, 1974. “Don’t just echo the code with comments — make every comment count.”nn”Make sure comments and code agree.”nn”Don’t comment bad code — rewrite it.”nnfrom “The Elements of Programming Style” by Kernighan and Plauger, 1974.

]]> By: Steven http://www.tomdalling.com/coding-styleconventions/why-inline-comments-are-generally-a-bad-idea/comment-page-1#comment-512 Steven Wed, 25 Aug 2010 04:34:54 +0000 http://www.tomdalling.com/?p=208#comment-512 I completely agree. Here are some of my thoughts about comments. http://peoplesoftsqr.com/index.php/2009/07/7-comments-about-comments/ I completely agree. Here are some of my thoughts about comments.

http://peoplesoftsqr.com/index.php/2009/07/7-comments-about-comments/

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