Comment The Elements of Programming Style (Score 1) 580

by ajcarr on Saturday January 02, 2010 @12:08AM (#30619350) Attached to: Myths About Code Comments

For heaven's sake, just read:

Kernighan, B. W. and Plauger P. J. (1978) The Elements of Programming Style, 2nd edn. McGraw-Hill

They deal with commenting and its pitfalls perfectly adequately.

Comment Re:Spread the word! (Score 2, Informative) 721

by ajcarr on Saturday November 14, 2009 @12:33PM (#30098214) Attached to: Vatican Debates Possibility of Alien Life

The definitive SF novel is 'A Case of Conscience' by James Blish (winner of the 1959 Hugo).

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