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I've been programming since at least the dark ages and for some reason every book or sample code I've seen nearly always uses asterisks to make a comment line to delineate something from something else. After many years of being yoked to the harness of conformity I have seen the light and broken free of stuffy tradition, by all logic the most easily visible to tired eyes doing a quick mouse roll through source code is the pound symbol, i.e.: :)
//#######################################################################:) vs :(//***********************************************************************:( That's why I'm founding the "//#Enlightened Developers for Comment Change#". //#EDCC# membership is only USD$20 and will get you a nice warm fuzzy feeling inside knowing you are doing your part for the tired eyes of programmers everywhere. A special visa card is in development now, all pound symbol background, be the life of the dinner party. Our motto: "Don't be the ass in asterisk"
"A preoccupation with the next world pretty clearly signals an inability to cope credibly with this one."
Boo, hiss. Every true C++/C# programmer knows that he correct line is:
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I've been programming since at least the dark ages and for some reason every book or sample code I've seen nearly always uses asterisks to make a comment line to delineate something from something else. After many years of being yoked to the harness of conformity I have seen the light and broken free of stuffy tradition, by all logic the most easily visible to tired eyes doing a quick mouse roll through source code is the pound symbol, i.e.: :)
//#######################################################################:) vs :(//***********************************************************************:( That's why I'm founding the "//#Enlightened Developers for Comment Change#". //#EDCC# membership is only USD$20 and will get you a nice warm fuzzy feeling inside knowing you are doing your part for the tired eyes of programmers everywhere. A special visa card is in development now, all pound symbol background, be the life of the dinner party. Our motto: "Don't be the ass in asterisk"
"A preoccupation with the next world pretty clearly signals an inability to cope credibly with this one."
John Cardinal wrote: Our motto: "Don't be the ass in asterisk" So you'd rather be the hahaha in hashmark? Marc My website
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I've been programming since at least the dark ages and for some reason every book or sample code I've seen nearly always uses asterisks to make a comment line to delineate something from something else. After many years of being yoked to the harness of conformity I have seen the light and broken free of stuffy tradition, by all logic the most easily visible to tired eyes doing a quick mouse roll through source code is the pound symbol, i.e.: :)
//#######################################################################:) vs :(//***********************************************************************:( That's why I'm founding the "//#Enlightened Developers for Comment Change#". //#EDCC# membership is only USD$20 and will get you a nice warm fuzzy feeling inside knowing you are doing your part for the tired eyes of programmers everywhere. A special visa card is in development now, all pound symbol background, be the life of the dinner party. Our motto: "Don't be the ass in asterisk"
"A preoccupation with the next world pretty clearly signals an inability to cope credibly with this one."
Blasphemy!!!! It's no wonder you don't like astericks if you don't use them correctly. The astreick line has one leading slash and one trailing slash:
/*************************************************************/If you are going to use the//then the whole line is slashes///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////Now get with the program. ;p
"You're obviously a superstar." - Christian Graus about me - 12 Feb '03 "Obviously ??? You're definitely a superstar!!!" - mYkel - 21 Jun '04 "There's not enough blatant self-congratulatory backslapping in the world today..." - HumblePie - 21 Jun '05 Within you lies the power for good - Use it!
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Blasphemy!!!! It's no wonder you don't like astericks if you don't use them correctly. The astreick line has one leading slash and one trailing slash:
/*************************************************************/If you are going to use the//then the whole line is slashes///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////Now get with the program. ;p
"You're obviously a superstar." - Christian Graus about me - 12 Feb '03 "Obviously ??? You're definitely a superstar!!!" - mYkel - 21 Jun '04 "There's not enough blatant self-congratulatory backslapping in the world today..." - HumblePie - 21 Jun '05 Within you lies the power for good - Use it!
Ok that was weird. Is it just me or is the preview button doubling as the submit button. I clicked preview on the message, the preview pane popped up but stayed blank and the message was posted. Could be a deadly combination if one types a nasty message never intending to post and clicks the preview button just for jollies :(
"You're obviously a superstar." - Christian Graus about me - 12 Feb '03 "Obviously ??? You're definitely a superstar!!!" - mYkel - 21 Jun '04 "There's not enough blatant self-congratulatory backslapping in the world today..." - HumblePie - 21 Jun '05 Within you lies the power for good - Use it!
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I've been programming since at least the dark ages and for some reason every book or sample code I've seen nearly always uses asterisks to make a comment line to delineate something from something else. After many years of being yoked to the harness of conformity I have seen the light and broken free of stuffy tradition, by all logic the most easily visible to tired eyes doing a quick mouse roll through source code is the pound symbol, i.e.: :)
//#######################################################################:) vs :(//***********************************************************************:( That's why I'm founding the "//#Enlightened Developers for Comment Change#". //#EDCC# membership is only USD$20 and will get you a nice warm fuzzy feeling inside knowing you are doing your part for the tired eyes of programmers everywhere. A special visa card is in development now, all pound symbol background, be the life of the dinner party. Our motto: "Don't be the ass in asterisk"
"A preoccupation with the next world pretty clearly signals an inability to cope credibly with this one."
After all, if you're good enough to maintain my code, you should be good enough to understand it by yourself :) I see dead pixels Yes, even I am blogging now!
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I've been programming since at least the dark ages and for some reason every book or sample code I've seen nearly always uses asterisks to make a comment line to delineate something from something else. After many years of being yoked to the harness of conformity I have seen the light and broken free of stuffy tradition, by all logic the most easily visible to tired eyes doing a quick mouse roll through source code is the pound symbol, i.e.: :)
//#######################################################################:) vs :(//***********************************************************************:( That's why I'm founding the "//#Enlightened Developers for Comment Change#". //#EDCC# membership is only USD$20 and will get you a nice warm fuzzy feeling inside knowing you are doing your part for the tired eyes of programmers everywhere. A special visa card is in development now, all pound symbol background, be the life of the dinner party. Our motto: "Don't be the ass in asterisk"
"A preoccupation with the next world pretty clearly signals an inability to cope credibly with this one."
I see your point but the pound symbol is "£".... "#" == hash ... or for the .NET or music inclined, sharp. Regards, Brian Dela :-) Blog^ Co-author of The Outlook Answer Book... Go on, pre-order^ it today! Regular Expression Library builder^
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I see your point but the pound symbol is "£".... "#" == hash ... or for the .NET or music inclined, sharp. Regards, Brian Dela :-) Blog^ Co-author of The Outlook Answer Book... Go on, pre-order^ it today! Regular Expression Library builder^
The "£"? Oh you mean that quaint old thing.;P We're all Euro now baby! In Canada and possibly the U.S. although nothing is certain with them these days the pound symbol is a # and it's most often heard in voice mail "...press the pound key if this is your choice.." etc.
"A preoccupation with the next world pretty clearly signals an inability to cope credibly with this one."
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After all, if you're good enough to maintain my code, you should be good enough to understand it by yourself :) I see dead pixels Yes, even I am blogging now!
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The healing has begun. :|
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John Cardinal wrote: I've been programming since at least the dark ages Your profile shows that you were born in 68. 1968 I assume. You my friend missed the dark ages by quite a bit. Other than that I am impressed that you use comments. i ususally do my commenting about the same time I do my flow charts. :) Real programmers read code, not comments :) THFIC Richard In a world of pollution, profanity, adolescence, zits, broccoli, racism, ozone depletion, sexism, stupid guys, and PMS, why the hell do people still tell me to have a nice day? --Unknown
Richard Stringer wrote: You my friend missed the dark ages by quite a bit No, the 80's were pretty dark, well, at least fashion and music challenged. My personal programming dark ages revolved around Cobol, JCL and before that my trusty Radio Shack TRS-80 colour computer with casette port and assembly language cartridge. Punch cards and such are really just pre-history, not really dark ages yet.
"A preoccupation with the next world pretty clearly signals an inability to cope credibly with this one."
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John Cardinal wrote: the pound symbol I'd have called that the hash symbol. A pound symbol is £
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What? Are people still using that old fashioned symbol? Isn't it ready for the bin where they keep the cowrie shells?:laugh: In North American # is very much referred to as a "pound symbol". You have to think globally man!;P
"A preoccupation with the next world pretty clearly signals an inability to cope credibly with this one."
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Boo, hiss. Every true C++/C# programmer knows that he correct line is:
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////Anyone who thinks he has a better idea of what's good for people than people do is a swine. - P.J. O'RourkeSure if you're one of those unfortunate people who's head consistently tilts to the right in spite of the normal excuse of losing amount of hair to balance things out. ;)
"A preoccupation with the next world pretty clearly signals an inability to cope credibly with this one."
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John Cardinal wrote: Our motto: "Don't be the ass in asterisk" So you'd rather be the hahaha in hashmark? Marc My website
Latest Articles: Object Comparer String HelpersHashmark? Well I know some people that would rather be the "hash" in hashmark than an ass, but really it's called a pound symbol in these here parts.
"A preoccupation with the next world pretty clearly signals an inability to cope credibly with this one."
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Blasphemy!!!! It's no wonder you don't like astericks if you don't use them correctly. The astreick line has one leading slash and one trailing slash:
/*************************************************************/If you are going to use the//then the whole line is slashes///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////Now get with the program. ;p
"You're obviously a superstar." - Christian Graus about me - 12 Feb '03 "Obviously ??? You're definitely a superstar!!!" - mYkel - 21 Jun '04 "There's not enough blatant self-congratulatory backslapping in the world today..." - HumblePie - 21 Jun '05 Within you lies the power for good - Use it!
/******************************************************************/ :omg: GADZOOKS! How are you going to comment out code as needed? :cool:
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Blasphemy!!!! It's no wonder you don't like astericks if you don't use them correctly. The astreick line has one leading slash and one trailing slash:
/*************************************************************/If you are going to use the//then the whole line is slashes///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////Now get with the program. ;p
"You're obviously a superstar." - Christian Graus about me - 12 Feb '03 "Obviously ??? You're definitely a superstar!!!" - mYkel - 21 Jun '04 "There's not enough blatant self-congratulatory backslapping in the world today..." - HumblePie - 21 Jun '05 Within you lies the power for good - Use it!
You sir are perilously close to not being accepted as a founding member of //#EDCC#. We do make exceptions if you would be willing to plead Canucks deprivation, but that excuse may well run out within a few months so act now! ;)
"A preoccupation with the next world pretty clearly signals an inability to cope credibly with this one."
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/******************************************************************/ :omg: GADZOOKS! How are you going to comment out code as needed? :cool:
I do not comment out code. Code that has to be commented out should not have been written in the first place. ;)
"You're obviously a superstar." - Christian Graus about me - 12 Feb '03 "Obviously ??? You're definitely a superstar!!!" - mYkel - 21 Jun '04 "There's not enough blatant self-congratulatory backslapping in the world today..." - HumblePie - 21 Jun '05 Within you lies the power for good - Use it!
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I do not comment out code. Code that has to be commented out should not have been written in the first place. ;)
"You're obviously a superstar." - Christian Graus about me - 12 Feb '03 "Obviously ??? You're definitely a superstar!!!" - mYkel - 21 Jun '04 "There's not enough blatant self-congratulatory backslapping in the world today..." - HumblePie - 21 Jun '05 Within you lies the power for good - Use it!
Code that has to be commented out should not have been written in the first place I see you've never spent much time maintaining other people's code.... :laugh:
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Richard Stringer wrote: You my friend missed the dark ages by quite a bit No, the 80's were pretty dark, well, at least fashion and music challenged. My personal programming dark ages revolved around Cobol, JCL and before that my trusty Radio Shack TRS-80 colour computer with casette port and assembly language cartridge. Punch cards and such are really just pre-history, not really dark ages yet.
"A preoccupation with the next world pretty clearly signals an inability to cope credibly with this one."
The CoCo rocked. At one point I had one with 64k, dual floppies, and was beta testing cartriges. Dungeons of Dagorath (sp) was the best game for it though, since the joysticks were beyond useless. A R A R R R R T R T R A R A R
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Code that has to be commented out should not have been written in the first place I see you've never spent much time maintaining other people's code.... :laugh:
that obvious eh?
"You're obviously a superstar." - Christian Graus about me - 12 Feb '03 "Obviously ??? You're definitely a superstar!!!" - mYkel - 21 Jun '04 "There's not enough blatant self-congratulatory backslapping in the world today..." - HumblePie - 21 Jun '05 Within you lies the power for good - Use it!
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Ok that was weird. Is it just me or is the preview button doubling as the submit button. I clicked preview on the message, the preview pane popped up but stayed blank and the message was posted. Could be a deadly combination if one types a nasty message never intending to post and clicks the preview button just for jollies :(
"You're obviously a superstar." - Christian Graus about me - 12 Feb '03 "Obviously ??? You're definitely a superstar!!!" - mYkel - 21 Jun '04 "There's not enough blatant self-congratulatory backslapping in the world today..." - HumblePie - 21 Jun '05 Within you lies the power for good - Use it!
Happened to me, too. Probably you are using the Trixie-/GreaseMonkey-CPhog-plugin? After I disabled it, it works again :-) I guess that's a reason why they discuss on the greasemonkey-forum to provide a more visual "There is a user script running on the current page"-symbol/notification. -- Affordable Windows-based CMS for only 99 €: try www.zeta-producer.com for free!