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Myths About Code Comments
By admin on January 2, 2010 | No Comments
theodp writes “Jason Baker gives his take on the biggest misconceptions about code comments: 1) Comments are free (’When you update the code that the comment references, you usually have to update the comment as well’). 2) Comments make code more readable (’by far the most pervasive myth that I’ve encountered’). 3) You should comment every function, method, class, and module (’documenting something that needs no documentation is universally a bad (more…)
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‘Mr. D’ Is Not About To Slow DownBy admin on December 14, 2009 | No Comments
At age 70, Charles Daniels completes the triple crown of U.S. through-hiking — Appalachian Trail, Pacific Crest Trail and now the Continental Divide National Scenic Trail. I get tired walking to the train station. Sigh.
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We Really Don’t Know Jack About MaintenanceBy admin on November 17, 2009 | No Comments
davecb writes “The ACM has been kind enough to print Paul Stachour’s and my ‘jack’ article about Software Maintenance. Paul first pointed out back in 1984 that we and our managers were being foolish — when we were still running Unix V7 — and if anything it’s been getting worse. Turns out maintenance has been a ’solved problem in computer science’ since at least then, and we’re just beginning to rediscover it.”
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U.S. Supreme Court rejects case about Redskins nameBy admin on November 16, 2009 | No Comments
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court will not hear an appeal from a group of Native Americans who think the name of the Washington Redskins professional football team is offensive.
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Characters we wish we knew LESS aboutBy admin on November 11, 2009 | No Comments
The more we learn, the more we desperately want to forget
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5 Things You Didn’t Know About Wilt ChamberlainBy admin on November 9, 2009 | No Comments
Wilt Chamberlain. The mere mention of the Big Dipper’s name evokes images of hoops dominance and romantic impossibilities. The man who once scored 100 points in a single game and claimed to have bedded 20,000 women was a fairly enigmatic figure, though, as his huge athletic gifts made him something of a loner throughout his career.
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10 things you cannot buy with £45m (about $68 million)By admin on November 9, 2009 | No Comments
Two lucky ticketholders are to share a £90m (c.$135m) lottery jackpot, but there will still be some things they cannot afford.
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