Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site bmcg.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!akgua!sdcsvax!bmcg!bprice From: bprice@bmcg.UUCP Newsgroups: net.rumor Subject: Re: Does Bell strip comments? Message-ID: <1008@bmcg.UUCP> Date: Thu, 24-May-84 16:22:30 EDT Article-I.D.: bmcg.1008 Posted: Thu May 24 16:22:30 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 31-May-84 19:37:47 EDT References: <1474@zehntel.UUCP>, <132@mhuxj.UUCP> Organization: Burroughs Corporation, San Diego Lines: 13 >From ...mhuxj!presley Wed Dec 31 16:00:00 1969 >>> The older UNIX source code never HAD comments to speak of. >>The older UNIX source code didn't *need* comments! :-) >Actually, the older UNIX programmers didn't require comments to >understand source code. The newer ones do :-):-). >-- > Joe Presley (mhuxj!presley, ihnp4!j.presley) Now that there is a little maturity going around, understanding the source code is starting to get necessary. When you're just having fun, things can be done a lot more easily--- -- --Bill Price uucp: {decvax!ucbvax philabs}!sdcsvax!bmcg!bprice arpa:? sdcsvax!bmcg!bprice@nosc