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  • S Super Lloyd

    how about?

    // enumerating i from 0 to 10 (Lloyd 29 07 2010)
    for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++)
    {
    // printing i to the console (Lloyd 29 07 2010)
    Console.WriteLine(i);
    // TODO should do something more useful later (Lloyd 29 07 2010)
    }

    A train station is where the train stops. A bus station is where the bus stops. On my desk, I have a work station.... _________________________________________________________ My programs never have bugs, they just develop random features.

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    richard_k
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    A fantastic example. Comments are for programmers, and presumably the programmers know how to form console output and for loops, making the comments fairly pointless. This code breaks two good coding rules.. 1) comments are about WHY, not WHAT.. WHY are we enumerating 100 times? 2) use of really cryptic variable names, such as 'i'. Yechh.

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    • A agieseke

      //IOTEMCO This acronym was the brain child of a consultant working on our project. Its meaning: Intuitivly Obvious To Even the Most Casual Observer. This was somehow helpful in his mind.

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      Tim Yen
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      Please publish this idiots name so everyone can make sure they never hire this turkey.

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      • R richard_k

        A fantastic example. Comments are for programmers, and presumably the programmers know how to form console output and for loops, making the comments fairly pointless. This code breaks two good coding rules.. 1) comments are about WHY, not WHAT.. WHY are we enumerating 100 times? 2) use of really cryptic variable names, such as 'i'. Yechh.

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        Super Lloyd
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        Glad that someone was able to get the depth of worthlessness of my comments! :laugh:

        A train station is where the train stops. A bus station is where the bus stops. On my desk, I have a work station.... _________________________________________________________ My programs never have bugs, they just develop random features.

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        • S Super Lloyd

          Glad that someone was able to get the depth of worthlessness of my comments! :laugh:

          A train station is where the train stops. A bus station is where the bus stops. On my desk, I have a work station.... _________________________________________________________ My programs never have bugs, they just develop random features.

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          richard_k
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          Heh heh.. glad you have a sense of humor. I have none of the code I wrote 35 years ago.. otherwise I'm sure I could display similar.

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          • G Gary Wheeler

            ///////////////////////////////End/////////////////////////////

            Found at the end of a source file :sigh:.

            Software Zen: delete this;

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            ThornPhlaunting
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            // no comment

            Thorn

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            • S Super Lloyd

              how about?

              // enumerating i from 0 to 10 (Lloyd 29 07 2010)
              for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++)
              {
              // printing i to the console (Lloyd 29 07 2010)
              Console.WriteLine(i);
              // TODO should do something more useful later (Lloyd 29 07 2010)
              }

              A train station is where the train stops. A bus station is where the bus stops. On my desk, I have a work station.... _________________________________________________________ My programs never have bugs, they just develop random features.

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              Al_Brown
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              Surely it should be "enumerating i from 0 to 9"?

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              • A Al_Brown

                Surely it should be "enumerating i from 0 to 9"?

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                Super Lloyd
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                I'm not sure whether I should confess an inattention mistake, or boast a brilliant example of terrible comment!?

                A train station is where the train stops. A bus station is where the bus stops. On my desk, I have a work station.... _________________________________________________________ My programs never have bugs, they just develop random features.

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                • S Super Lloyd

                  I'm not sure whether I should confess an inattention mistake, or boast a brilliant example of terrible comment!?

                  A train station is where the train stops. A bus station is where the bus stops. On my desk, I have a work station.... _________________________________________________________ My programs never have bugs, they just develop random features.

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                  Al_Brown
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                  I'd go for both :thumbsup:

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                  • S skydvr

                    If he only enumerated from 0 to 9, the loop would never exit...

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                    Peter Mulholland
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                    Enumerate[^] to mention separately as if in counting; name one by one; specify, as in a list He's not really looking to count or name '10' so he's enumerating from 0-9

                    Pete

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                    • G Gary Wheeler

                      I personally don't find it necessary to worry that my editor is going to somehow 'fall off the end' of a file, and mark that end with a comment. That's like wearing a seat belt in your desk chair, because you're worried that the Earth's gravity might fail.

                      Software Zen: delete this;

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                      Earl Truss
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                      Kinda like wearing mountain boots in the Midwest. Really! i = i + 1 ' add one to i

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                      • G Gary Wheeler

                        When was the last time you loaded a box of green-bar in a line printer?

                        Software Zen: delete this;

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                        Earl Truss
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                        Loading green-bar into a line printer ... about 15 years ago. Using fan-fold paper - about 5 years ago. We still used fan-fold multi-part government forms and a nine-pin printer that recently.

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