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Date:      Mon, 1 Feb 1999 00:49:43 +1100
From:      Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
To:        bde@zeta.org.au, julian@whistle.com
Cc:        cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, newton@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/kern sys_socket.c kern_exit.c kern_resource.c
Message-ID:  <199901311349.AAA19834@godzilla.zeta.org.au>

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>so when did comments start hurting?

>From the beginning.  Kernighan and Plauger, in "The Elements of
Progamming Style", second edition (1984) give many reasons in the
index alone:

    comments, agreement of code and  142
    comments, excessive  104, 151
    comments, incorrect  70, 88, 142, 143, 151
    comments, subconcious acceptance of  142
    comments, useless  142

Bruce

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