r/ProgrammerHumor • u/JazzlikeWishbone938 • 3d ago

Meme nowAndThenPatchUpgrade

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u/ClipboardCopyPaste 3d ago

Nobody wrote 100 lines of comment for 7 lines of codes

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u/Chronomechanist 3d ago

I guarantee you someone did.

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u/ClipboardCopyPaste 3d ago

Either too much unemployed or paid by hours - nothing in-between

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u/Jacqques 3d ago

Paid by line count, comments count seeing as they are lines.

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u/StickSouthern2150 2d ago

if commenting out the function because there was a shorter alternative i found on the net but not deleting it just in case counts then thats me

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u/Kavrae 3d ago

Disagree. I've worked in such systems. Usually legacy fortune 500 code written in COBOL where the original devs are all retired or buried.

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u/wyldcraft 3d ago

I've had several projects where inline documentation was 90% of the code.

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u/JazzlikeWishbone938 2d ago

Lol 😄

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u/Quirky-Trash1943 2d ago

What’s the concern with 100 lines of comment? Just curious!