A few weeks back, my column on the value of comments in code caught a lot of comments itself. To a certain extent, I feel like Dirty Harry in Magnum Force: "I'm afraid you've misjudged me"…but not ...

Some comments saying what the code does and why would go a long way to making my life easier. Time is money and programmers who don't comment care costing their employer money because what should take ...

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