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Revisiting code I wrote last year (lemmy.world)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/programmer_humor

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Where comments are useful most is in explaining why the implementation is as it is. Otherwise smart ass (your future self) will come along, rewrite it just to realize there was indeed a reason for the former implementation.