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How programmers comment their code (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/programmer_humor

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[–] [email protected] 233 points 5 months ago (4 children)

Same with BIOS descriptions.

FGTSAB switch [toggles the FGTSAB setting]

infuriating

[–] [email protected] 43 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It's so bad it's almost artistic

[–] [email protected] -5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

You mean autistic.

[–] Dropkick3038 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

An autistic coder would have documented this feature to the point of pedantry.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

And who updates that documentation three months later when a bug gets fixed or a new requirement get implemented?

[–] Dropkick3038 2 points 5 months ago

The person who changed the code, it's just ordinary maintenance. The comments may not execute, but I submit they are as much a part of the program as the executable code. Maybe over time those comments are condensed, or even removed; no different than any other refactoring or cleanup.

[–] [email protected] 42 points 5 months ago

I love it

[–] [email protected] 15 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Yup, my first thought as well. While those days are thankfully over, those braindead BIOS "help" messages remain etched into my mind forever.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Are the recent ones any better? I got a gigabyte b660m for 12th gen intel and it's really bad at that. Had to look up a lot to figure out things.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Maybe it's an ASUS thing but both my current and previous boards have been pretty good with the help texts.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Snapmaker Luban is amazing with its help messages.

Every setting in this 3D slicer is completely explained how the setting works, what the different options are, with pictures and even what every option is the most optimal in whatever situation.

Too bad that it isn't the best program unless you have a Snapmaker, and even then...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Are the recent ones any better? I got a gigabyte b660m for 12th gen intel and it's really bad at that. Had to look up a lot to figure out things.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

Love having to enable "support for sleep state 5" to turn off USB power when the PC is off