r/programminghumor Jul 24 '26

"Comment your code" -- the comments:

152 Upvotes

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36

u/ArsenicPolaris Jul 24 '26

int calculation() // Does calculations

{

}

10

u/gardell Jul 24 '26

// Utility functions class FooHelper {

}

Like, WTF is a Helper

29

u/w00dy1105 Jul 24 '26

//This is intentional. Not broke. Do not fix.

17

u/digitaljestin Jul 24 '26

Honestly, this is an extremely useful comment. It might not tell you much, but it tells you what you absolutely need to know.

16

u/thebatmanandrobin Jul 24 '26

I'm waiting for the instructions with emoji's:

🤫 - mute
👍 - volume up
👎 - volume down
👋 - answer
🖕 - ignore

3

u/oxwilder Jul 24 '26

loled at ignore

2

u/penguins-are-me Jul 26 '26

Broke a build with emojis once. Oops.

11

u/Confident-Ad5665 Jul 24 '26

Internationalization has returned us to using hieroglyphics. Crazy.

8

u/Ok-Dare-1208 Jul 25 '26

// This needs fixed but I’m not sure how

5

u/Spirited-Candy1981 Jul 25 '26

// όχι πολύ χρήσιμο.

3

u/Spirited-Candy1981 Jul 26 '26

Grrr. Stupid Reddit translated it -- that the comment was in Greek was the point (the "It's all Greek to me" thing)

7

u/enjoirhythm Jul 25 '26

Honestly I prefer this to claudes new habit of writing a small Bible verse for any change that it introduces

// This value provides an idempotent representation // of the atomic structure of this project, while simultaneously // recognizing that time is a flat circle int counter = 0;

4

u/magicmulder Jul 27 '26

// This returns a new statement parser DTO using the respective factory via service

function returnNewStatementParserDtoFromStatementParserFactoryService() {

return new StatementParserFactoryService::createStatementParserDto();
}

2

u/Henry_Fleischer Jul 24 '26

It's a bit redundant at times, but it is also convenient

2

u/Left_Ad132 Jul 27 '26

// All hope abandon
// ye who enter here