Stupid People Acting Stupid

I know there are plenty of “code warriors” out there who think that making things more difficult that need be is somehow more fulfilling. I under stand that saying things like “I don’t comment” makes you feel special.

 

Well, today I found this gem:

 

/* Obligatory Comment: If it was hard to write then it should be hard to read. */

 

Normally this doesn’t deserve a post; we’re all seen it before after all. But it wasn’t what I read you see, it was where I read it. This bit of wonderful technical incite was delivered to me in an SDK! Yep.

 

Thank god he put his name at the top. I would hate to go though life knowing I risk hiring this moron for lack of his identity.

Posted: Thursday, November 18, 2004 6:55 PM by MarcLaFleur with 2 comment(s)

Comments

# re: Stupid People Acting Stupid @Thursday, November 18, 2004 1:26 PM

The unfortunate part is, most developers think like this. This is why our industry sucks. Programmers think their job security lies in being "human obfuscators". At least this guy was gumb enough to put his name on it.

Robert McLaws

# re: Stupid People Acting Stupid @Thursday, December 09, 2004 12:12 AM

I don't know if I'd go so far as to say 'most developers think like this', but I would say that too many developers think like this. Where I work, I think the problem is one of selfishness in that the delinquent coder is not thinking about anyone but themselves. This is the antithesis of what I consider a good developer. Specifically, one who uses plenty of comments, clear descriptive variable names, naming conventions, and assertions, all in consideration of OTHER PEOPLE, whoever has to maintain the code that they write.

John Murphy

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