| ??? 12/05/06 00:52 Read: times Msg Score: +1 +1 Good Answer/Helpful |
#128943 - Who says it's easy? Responding to: ???'s previous message |
Ralph said:
My question is with all the experiments I have done and books I have read why can't I read other programmers code on this site. Most of the time they do not comment code and when they do it very little Who says, that this is easy? Why do you think programmers are so urgently advised to comprehensibly comment their code? Just because it's nearly impossible to understand uncommented code, especially if your code is really complex. By "understanding" I don't mean to reconstruct the actual run of instructions, but to understand, why this algorithm is used and not any other, what theory or algorithm is behind the code, what simplifying assumptions were made, what errors are accepted, etc. In most cases it's much simplier and faster to write your own code, instead of trying to understand other programmers' code!! Don't read too many books about coding. To become a good programmer is like learning a trade, it has to do with experience and experience you will gain by doing. Just do it and don't waste your time with thinking about how becoming good in it. Kai |
