Re: select syntax violates the POLA

[Chet Ramey]

On 4/1/21 9:23 PM, Dale R. Worley wrote:
> Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> writes:
> > It's amazing how many people manage to post their code with NO comments
> > or explanations of what it's supposed to do, what assumptions are being
> > made about the inputs, etc.  This leaves us to guess.
>
> It seems to be a modern style.  When I was learning to program, poorly
> commented code was considered a failing.  But recently, I have had
> managers object that I put too many comments in.

If it was hard to write, it should be hard to understand!

(That's snark, for those who are wondering.)

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