Ask HN: "witty" comments in code

1 pointscuriousquestion12y ago1 comments

Why does the crappiest code tend to contain the "witty" comments. It's like these folks think they know what they're doing.

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I used to write witty comments (and use witty variable names) when I was younger. I was worse at programming, too.

I'm guessing that writing crappy code and witty comments are both something people tend to grow out of with experience.

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1 pointscuriousquestion12y ago1 comments

Why does the crappiest code tend to contain the "witty" comments. It's like these folks think they know what they're doing.

I used to write witty comments (and use witty variable names) when I was younger. I was worse at programming, too.

I'm guessing that writing crappy code and witty comments are both something people tend to grow out of with experience.

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