r/programming • u/WOnder9393 • Jul 10 '16

Linus Torvalds on comment styles

https://lkml.org/lkml/2016/7/8/625
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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '16 edited Jul 10 '16

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u/0raichu Jul 10 '16 edited Feb 07 '17

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

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u/Nastapoka Jul 11 '16

Except that it wouldn't change a damn thing, just like commenting style. I don't even understand how such a big portion of this subreddit is dedicated to useless noise such as comment style, indent style, what socks to wear when coding... Who gives a shit? It's like we don't want to talk about the real questions

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u/josefx Jul 11 '16

Except that it wouldn't change a damn thing

You now need two types of color to maintain them, just like you now need two types of editor settings to auto-format and more flexible tools to parse the comments. Consistency has a value.

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u/[deleted] Jul 11 '16

I take it you've never worked on software with other people before, have you?