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harborsparrow replied to the thread Who is responsible for the software when AI takes over programming?.My comments were in the context of whether AI can be guaranteed to perform well. AI that produces code cannot be made more reliable... -
harborsparrow reacted to DaveC426913's post in the thread Who is responsible for the software when AI takes over programming? with
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What we're talking about here is using AI to write software. The code is the product. For example, I had AI write the HTML and... -
Regarding #1, the function's basic purpose likely won't change much, but there is more that should be stated in comments than a brief...
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harborsparrow reacted to jedishrfu's post in the thread Documentation of (only) source code with Like.
Things discussed in your courses don't always reflect the reality of professional programmers and the stress they are under to meet...
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Wait, pseudocode is consider as legitimate form of comment. It is taught and discussed in everybody on algorithms, data structures and...
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harborsparrow reacted to DaveC426913's post in the thread Documentation of (only) source code with
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If the comments are sufficently succinct and well thought out, they will need updating less, if ever. (A function will generally not... -
harborsparrow reacted to DaveC426913's post in the thread Documentation of (only) source code with Agree.
I was going to bring that up. Glad someone did. Now you've got lines and lines of pseudocode that does not match what the code is...
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Another point against pseudo code is updates. Often programmers fix a defect and comment about what was wrong and how they fixed it...
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harborsparrow reacted to FactChecker's post in the thread Documentation of (only) source code with Like.
IMO, pseudocode does not necessarily serve the purpose of good documentation. I don't know if there is an official, enforced...
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We had a rule that THOU SHALT NOT COMMIT ANYTHING THAT BREAKS THE BUILD. The punishment was to be handed a scraper and have a go at...
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I strongly agree with the importance of unit tests. But there is more to it than that. I have had cases where the code writer said...
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harborsparrow reacted to FactChecker's post in the thread Documentation of (only) source code with
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I once had the job of integrating and testing code inputs from several engineers into flight critical code. I remember one time when a... -
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A similar thing happens to me here at PF. After a couple of years, I get a reply notification to a watched thread, and so read back up...
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I have had occasions where I was looking at someone's old code, trying to figure it out so that I could modify it, drawing all sorts of... -
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I only write very low-level and compact code, so I leave myself notes addressed like "We need to ...", because I will have forgotten...