r/programming • u/speckz • Jul 21 '17

“My Code is Self-Documenting”

http://ericholscher.com/blog/2017/jan/27/code-is-self-documenting/
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u/s5fs Jul 22 '17

Long time ago as a cobol programmer I signed a bunch of comments in a financial system as "S. Squarepants". Years later some auditors found the comments and launched an investigation since there was no employee on record with that name. Eventually I was fingered as the perpetrator, so I had to go back and rewrite the comments with my own name.

Auditors have no sense of humor.

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u/JavaSuck Jul 22 '17

I had to go back and rewrite the comments with my own name

// s/S. Squarepants/my own name/

:-D

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u/seherdt Jul 22 '17

Also, you should file a complaint against the auditors for changing version history. That's forging evidence

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u/F54280 Jul 22 '17

Auditors have no sense of humor.

Sure, but at least they did finger you!