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From: Wilko Bulte <wilko@yedi.iaf.nl>
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Subject: Re: your commentary gripe (was  Re: svgalib? (forget the newbies) )
To: toor@dyson.iquest.net (John S. Dyson)
Date: Thu, 30 Oct 1997 19:53:58 +0100 (MET)
Cc: michaelh@cet.co.jp, perlsta@cs.sunyit.edu, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
In-Reply-To: <199710300325.WAA20048@dyson.iquest.net> from "John S. Dyson" at Oct 29, 97 10:25:36 pm
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As John S. Dyson wrote...
> Michael Hancock said:
> > 
> > > > specifically here's my gripe with FreeBSD and the XFree86 peoples, COMMENT
> > > > YOUR CODE A LITTLE MORE DAMMIT :)
> > 
> > More comments aren't necessarily better.  Wrong comments are worse then no
> > comments and more comments can lead to that.
> > 
> > If want to rip on something, go thru the cvs logs and rip on useless
> > comments.  If you want to encourage something push for better meaningful
> > comments.
> > 
> It wouldn't be too hard to add comments:
> 
> 	vp = vp->v_next;	/* get the next vp */
> 	i++;				/* add one to i */
> 
> Hmmm.... :-).

Like to old proverb goes: ".. If it was hard to write, it should be hard
to read .." 

	8)

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