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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)

Option	Votes	%
To those who would need to maintain the code	869	65.04
To those looking to use my code	498	37.28
To those working on the code with me	446	33.38
To my managers / team lead	74	5.54
To the poor souls who have to review my code	279	20.88
To my future self	1,020	76.35
To my future robot overloads	97	7.26
To future palaeontologists	98	7.34
Other	31	2.32
I don't write comments in code	89	6.66
Responses	1,336
Respondents were allowed to choose more than one answer; totals may not add up to 100%

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For My future use and for those who maintain code koolprasad200331-Jul-16 18:12 koolprasad2003 31-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. Find More .Net development tips at : .NET Tips The only reason people get lost in thought is because it's unfamiliar territory.

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