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What's more important - easily understandable code or good comments?   [Edit]

Survey period: 1 Sep 2003 to 7 Sep 2003

You would hope to get both, but given a choice, which would you take?

OptionVotes% 
Easily understandable code69066.60
Good comments34633.40



 
GeneralA comment is only... Pin
Steffen Büchner3-Sep-03 1:52
Steffen Büchner3-Sep-03 1:52 
GeneralRe: A comment is only... Pin
ColinDavies3-Sep-03 10:22
ColinDavies3-Sep-03 10:22 
GeneralRe: A comment is only... Pin
Steffen Büchner3-Sep-03 20:11
Steffen Büchner3-Sep-03 20:11 
GeneralNeither Pin
ColinDavies2-Sep-03 21:46
ColinDavies2-Sep-03 21:46 
GeneralRe: Neither Pin
Paul Watson2-Sep-03 22:12
sitebuilderPaul Watson2-Sep-03 22:12 
GeneralRe: Neither Pin
ColinDavies2-Sep-03 22:37
ColinDavies2-Sep-03 22:37 
GeneralRe: Neither Pin
Paul Watson2-Sep-03 23:31
sitebuilderPaul Watson2-Sep-03 23:31 
GeneralRe: Neither Pin
ColinDavies3-Sep-03 10:32
ColinDavies3-Sep-03 10:32 
Paul Watson wrote:
Businesses change and require new features in existing applications. Rewriting the app is insane, the business may only have changed slightly.

No the spec and requiremnets have changed. This is no longer maintenance, but enhancement.
By now altering the original working code, you are actually as an analogy, placing an old modified part in a near new car.
This is neither good or fair for the client in the long run.
Quite likely this act of "maintenance" will introduce *bugs* into a good product.

Paul Watson wrote:
We work on many projects at once and trying to keep how each one works code wise in my head at once is impossible.

This is a real concern and a problem created by managemment, having a developer working on multiple projects simultaneously can only degrade performance.
Its like having all the car pieces in a garage as the workers work on cars thrown into one pile.
This is in effect what the management are doing with you.

Regardz
Colin J Davies


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GeneralRe: Neither Pin
Paul Watson3-Sep-03 20:35
sitebuilderPaul Watson3-Sep-03 20:35 
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ColinDavies3-Sep-03 21:17
ColinDavies3-Sep-03 21:17 
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FruitBatInShades3-Sep-03 23:56
FruitBatInShades3-Sep-03 23:56 
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ColinDavies4-Sep-03 0:50
ColinDavies4-Sep-03 0:50 
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FruitBatInShades4-Sep-03 1:06
FruitBatInShades4-Sep-03 1:06 
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ColinDavies4-Sep-03 1:33
ColinDavies4-Sep-03 1:33 
GeneralRe: Neither Pin
Paul Oss4-Sep-03 12:22
Paul Oss4-Sep-03 12:22 
GeneralRe: Neither Pin
ColinDavies4-Sep-03 17:26
ColinDavies4-Sep-03 17:26 
GeneralRe: Neither Pin
Paul Oss4-Sep-03 20:43
Paul Oss4-Sep-03 20:43 
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Renault the Duck5-Sep-03 17:30
Renault the Duck5-Sep-03 17:30 
GeneralRe: Neither Pin
Paul Oss5-Sep-03 20:19
Paul Oss5-Sep-03 20:19 
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Jim A. Johnson3-Sep-03 8:18
Jim A. Johnson3-Sep-03 8:18 
GeneralRe: Neither Pin
ColinDavies3-Sep-03 10:13
ColinDavies3-Sep-03 10:13 
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Paul Oss4-Sep-03 12:28
Paul Oss4-Sep-03 12:28 
GeneralRe: Neither Pin
Steffen Büchner3-Sep-03 20:24
Steffen Büchner3-Sep-03 20:24 
GeneralRe: Neither Pin
brianwelsch3-Sep-03 9:59
brianwelsch3-Sep-03 9:59 
GeneralRe: Neither Pin
ColinDavies3-Sep-03 10:18
ColinDavies3-Sep-03 10:18 

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