Does anyone actually use comments?

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Fart.Bleed.Repeat.: Sep 29, 2001

//snipe

# ? Nov 17, 2014 20:33

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# ? May 31, 2024 02:07

DICKHEAD: Jul 29, 2003

Seaside Loafer posted:

Im very good looking and have hosed loads of chicks so nerr. Although im currently doing a second degree in artificial intelligence and I think there are like 3 women in the whole intake, 1 of them has loads of metal in face, the other one is cute but has purple hair and is constantly surrounded by a posse of nerds and the other one is a little asian women who never says anything.

lmao

# ? Nov 17, 2014 20:45

Soricidus: Oct 21, 2010; freedom-hating statist shill

spud posted:

Good code should be self-documenting.

and this is why you should write comments

# ? Nov 17, 2014 23:50

Doc Block: Apr 15, 2003; Fun Shoe

spud posted:

Good code should be self-documenting.

Objective-C programmers don't need no comments, it's all [object doSomethingWithContentsOfFile:fileName andThisObject:what];

Doc Block fucked around with this message at 01:16 on Nov 18, 2014

# ? Nov 18, 2014 01:05

DONT THREAD ON ME: Oct 1, 2002; by Nyc_Tattoo; Floss Finder

just do misleading comments

# ? Nov 18, 2014 02:30

pagoe: Feb 19, 2013

id have gotten an English degree if I wanted to be a loving novelist instead of a coder. gently caress commenting

# ? Nov 18, 2014 02:37

Captain Foo: May 11, 2004; we vibin'
we slidin'
we breathin'
we dyin'

pagoe posted:

id have gotten an English degree if I wanted to be a loving novelist instead of a coder. gently caress commenting

2/5 show more effort next time

# ? Nov 18, 2014 02:37

PuTTY riot: Nov 16, 2002

love you taylor but this contradicts what you said about not selling sex since theirs women with tight rear end booty shorts twerking and the camera zooms in on them so much and when you crawled under them yeah you know what i mean aside from that awesome song and vid

# ? Nov 18, 2014 02:39

Sir AIDS: Nov 5, 2013

DICKHEAD posted:

lmao

That post is one of the greatest posts of all time.

# ? Nov 18, 2014 03:13

theadder: Dec 30, 2011

did we solve whatever this is itt

# ? Nov 18, 2014 04:35

bobbilljim: May 29, 2013; this christmas feels like the very first christmas to me

newreply.php posted:

// TODO make this bit actually work

this but it has been in teh code unchanged since 2006

# ? Nov 18, 2014 04:40

triple sulk: Sep 17, 2014

void myBowels()

# ? Nov 18, 2014 04:42

Silver Alicorn: Mar 30, 2008; 𝓪 𝓻𝓮𝓭 𝓹𝓪𝓷𝓭𝓪 𝓲𝓼 𝓪 𝓬𝓾𝓻𝓲𝓸𝓾𝓼 𝓼𝓸𝓻𝓽 𝓸𝓯 𝓬𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓽𝓾𝓻𝓮

wow which forum did this get moved from

# ? Nov 18, 2014 04:43

pram: Jun 10, 2001

// fart oval office drat
// poo poo gently caress
// balls hell poo poo gently caress
// dick boner gently caress tits

# ? Nov 18, 2014 04:43

Papes: Apr 13, 2010; There's always something at the bottom of the bag.

//TODO tell Dave that he smells like rear end

# ? Nov 18, 2014 05:34

lol if you: Jun 29, 2004; I am going to remove your penis, in thin slices, like salami, just for starters.

# if you are reading this comment then i'm sorry. i literally got this request on my last day on the job and i wasn't going to pry that last paycheck out of their hands until i committed this change.

# ? Nov 18, 2014 05:40

salisbury shake: Dec 27, 2011

Seaside Loafer posted:

Im very good looking and have hosed loads of chicks so nerr. Although im currently doing a second degree in artificial intelligence and I think there are like 3 women in the whole intake, 1 of them has loads of metal in face, the other one is cute but has purple hair and is constantly surrounded by a posse of nerds and the other one is a little asian women who never says anything.

# ? Nov 18, 2014 05:44

detroit: Nov 11, 2009

code:

; NT 03-05 does what it looks like
ZXRFN(n) n i,f,h
 f  s i=$i(i) q:(i>n)!(%1)  d
 . s f=^ZXR(i),h=@f
 . x "s %1="_h q:%1
 q:%1 0
 q 1

good code is self documenting. good code is timeless.

# ? Nov 18, 2014 06:00

rotor: Jun 11, 2001; classic case of pineapple derangement syndrome

my hello world programs always print "goodbye cruel world" and then exit

# ? Nov 18, 2014 06:01

bobbilljim: May 29, 2013; this christmas feels like the very first christmas to me

rotor posted:

my hello world programs always print "goodbye cruel world" and then exit

# ? Nov 18, 2014 09:42

echinopsis: Apr 13, 2004; by Fluffdaddy

i use comments on my blurptin code in ue4 even

i mean im only doing the equiavlent of commenting "this entire block does thi" but still. important poo poo mates

# ? Nov 18, 2014 10:42

qntm: Jun 17, 2009

spud posted:

Good code should be self-documenting.

Seaside Loafer posted:

And yes good code should be self documenting.

detroit posted:

code:

; NT 03-05 does what it looks like
ZXRFN(n) n i,f,h
 f  s i=$i(i) q:(i>n)!(%1)  d
 . s f=^ZXR(i),h=@f
 . x "s %1="_h q:%1
 q:%1 0
 q 1

good code is self documenting. good code is timeless.

yes

# ? Nov 18, 2014 11:46

newreply.php: Dec 24, 2009; Pillbug

echinopsis posted:

i use comments on my blurptin code in ue4 even

i mean im only doing the equiavlent of commenting "this entire block does thi" but still. important poo poo mates

wtf is this poo poo

# ? Nov 18, 2014 11:49

echinopsis: Apr 13, 2004; by Fluffdaddy

its me making a game and not touching a line of code

# ? Nov 18, 2014 11:57

theadder: Dec 30, 2011

lol

# ? Nov 18, 2014 12:03

newreply.php: Dec 24, 2009; Pillbug

theadder posted:

lol

rofl

# ? Nov 18, 2014 12:47

theadder: Dec 30, 2011

be kind to echi tho

# ? Nov 18, 2014 12:51

Jonny 290: May 5, 2005; [ASK] me about OS/2 Warp

theadder posted:

be kind to echi tho

echiNOPE, sis

# ? Nov 18, 2014 12:53

newreply.php: Dec 24, 2009; Pillbug

why be kind to the person who has an arsenal of benzos and opiates at his disposal, he never has to feel bad if he doesnt want to

# ? Nov 18, 2014 12:54

Captain Foo: May 11, 2004; we vibin'
we slidin'
we breathin'
we dyin'

newreply.php posted:

arsenal of benzos

i forgot why i cut this down, does not make a good username but eeeeeh whatever not gonna not post now

# ? Nov 18, 2014 14:46

jony ive aces: Jun 14, 2012; designer of the lomarf car; Buglord

Notorious QIG posted:

code:

// include the necessary io library
#include <stdio.h>

void PrintHelloWorld(); // Define a function that will print "hello world" to the screen

/************************************
* This is the program's entry point *
************************************/

void main() // Initialize the main function
{ // Open the main function's code block
   PrintHelloWorld(); // Call the PrintHelloWorld function

   return 0; // I'm not sure why I need this.  TODO: learn what this does
} // Close the main function's code block

void PrintHelloWorld() // Define the PrintHelloWorld function
{ // Open the PrintHelloWorld function's code block
   // Print "Hello, world!" to the screen
   cout << "Hello, world!";
   // Print a newline character to the screen
   cout << endl;
} // Close the PrintHelloWorld function's code block

lol if u don't litter ur c++ code with javadoc headers

# ? Nov 18, 2014 16:05

vapid cutlery

Apr 17, 2007

php:

<?
"it's george costanza" ?>

echinopsis posted:

its me making a game and not touching a line of code

It shows.

# ? Nov 18, 2014 18:01

Nelson MandEULA: Feb 27, 2011; "...the biggest shitbag
I have ever met."

rotor posted:

my hello world programs always print "goodbye cruel world" and then exit

i wish u would do the same!

# ? Nov 18, 2014 18:10

echinopsis: Apr 13, 2004; by Fluffdaddy

newreply.php posted:

why be kind to the person who has an arsenal of benzos and opiates at his disposal, he never has to feel bad if he doesnt want to

yeah and people at the NSA can abuse their privileges and stalk people they personally are interested in...

wait that's that a bad example

but still I can't use the drugs unless I want a
job in a year and not ruin my families future.
drugs aren't cool. mushrooms
are cool but not those ones u said. benzors and opiades suck man! smash the system! gently caress your mother wth a fine tooth comb!
yeah baby yeah

# ? Nov 18, 2014 18:55

echinopsis: Apr 13, 2004; by Fluffdaddy

vapid cutlery posted:

It shows.

everyone knows

# ? Nov 18, 2014 18:56

newreply.php: Dec 24, 2009; Pillbug

echinopsis posted:

yeah and people at the NSA can abuse their privileges and stalk people they personally are interested in...

wait that's that a bad example

but still I can't use the drugs unless I want a
job in a year and not ruin my families future.
drugs aren't cool. mushrooms
are cool but not those ones u said. benzors and opiades suck man! smash the system! gently caress your mother wth a fine tooth comb!
yeah baby yeah

im sorry but this form of posting does not fit the story you are telling

# ? Nov 18, 2014 19:01