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To whom do you direct comments in your code?

Survey period: 31 Jul 2016 to 7 Aug 2016

Do you write comments to those you work with? To yourself? To a different version of yourself (mandatory XKCD)

OptionVotes% 
To those who would need to maintain the code86965.04
To those looking to use my code49837.28
To those working on the code with me44633.38
To my managers / team lead745.54
To the poor souls who have to review my code27920.88
To my future self1,02076.35
To my future robot overloads977.26
To future palaeontologists987.34
Other312.32
I don't write comments in code896.66
Respondents were allowed to choose more than one answer; totals may not add up to 100%



 
GeneralRe: I don't write comments in code Pin
Agent__00731-Jul-16 21:01
professionalAgent__00731-Jul-16 21:01 
GeneralRe: I don't write comments in code Pin
Beginner Luck31-Jul-16 21:05
professionalBeginner Luck31-Jul-16 21:05 
GeneralRe: I don't write comments in code Pin
Efe Erdoğru1-Aug-16 11:42
professionalEfe Erdoğru1-Aug-16 11:42 
GeneralRe: I don't write comments in code Pin
Beginner Luck1-Aug-16 12:38
professionalBeginner Luck1-Aug-16 12:38 
GeneralRe: I don't write comments in code Pin
dan!sh 2-Aug-16 18:04
professional dan!sh 2-Aug-16 18:04 
Generalto my future self... Pin
Jim Meadors31-Jul-16 19:05
Jim Meadors31-Jul-16 19:05 
GeneralRe: to my future self... Pin
kalberts1-Aug-16 23:12
kalberts1-Aug-16 23:12 
GeneralFor My future use and for those who maintain code Pin
koolprasad200331-Jul-16 18:12
professionalkoolprasad200331-Jul-16 18:12 
Most of time, Managers and Team Leaders won't see your code, they just want to know it if works or not. But code efficiency and maintenance is the main aspect for long running projects, comments will always helpful in such cases.
Yes, debugger is there to trace to code but comments are more useful for elaboration of logic.
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