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From: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.software-eng
Subject: Re: comments on comments
Keywords: comments
Message-ID: <3119@ficc.uu.net>
Date: 16 Feb 89 19:28:50 GMT
References: <1813@goofy.megatest.UUCP> <20233@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> <9606@ihlpb.ATT.COM>
Organization: Xenix Support
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In article <9606@ihlpb.ATT.COM>, nevin1@ihlpb.ATT.COM (Liber) writes:
> The ultimate programming
> language(tm :-)) will be one where I will never have to write a single
> comment; it should be clear, concise, and obvious from the code my
> intentions of what I was programming.  We need to improve our
> programming languages, not increase the quantity of our commenting.

I think this is an unreachable goal.

If this was possible, we'd not have any lawyers. Everyone would know
the intent of any document, law, etc.... It would be obvious from the
Constitution whether personal assault rifles are a good idea (and if you
think they are, consider personal nerve gas or personal nukes).
-- 
Peter da Silva, Xenix Support, Ferranti International Controls Corporation.
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