Comment Re:You're asking the wrong question. (Score 1) 878
I picked up a large base of C code of a guy who would only code when he was drunk. It was the biggest mess I ever saw, except a small part that was commented, "I did this sober because it had to be fixed yesterday..."
In his case mind altering substances helped, but he had no business coding to begin with.
I had the misfortune of meeting one of his team mates who was consulting for the firm to "bring us up to speed." 60's throwback begins to describe him, which explained the other mass of rambling code I had to deal with. You could tell, by the names of functions and variables, when he had the munchies/giggles and it got dark when he was paranoid. Humorous to go through, terrible to maintain. Oh yea, did I mention this software was operating networks of ATMs, as in peoples money?!?