Re: comments

"Takehiko" == Takehiko Abe <keke@xxxxxxx> writes:

Takehiko> Ken Tilton wrote:
>> Absolutely. When I take over someone else's code I begin by
>> deleting all the comments. Then I read the code.

Takehiko> Is this a great programming tip I've never heard before?
Takehiko> Or a mere joke?

I've done it. I don't do it regularly, but I have Emacs lisp lying
around that does it for C code, from when I had to clean up a
co-worker's horror. It removes the comments, and then re-indents it.

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