A Good Code Is Like a Good Joke

A good code is like a good joke Writing comments is like explaining a joke http://blog.agiledeveloper.com/2006/01/comments-on-comments.html

A presentation slide compares good code to a good joke and comments to explaining that joke, while an audience watches in a dark room. The punchline is that well-written code should be self-explanatory, so excessive comments can be like explaining humor and making it less effective. EN: A presentation slide compares good code to a good joke and comments to explaining that joke, while an audience watches in a dark room. The punchline is that well-written code should be self-explanatory, so excessive comments can be like explaining humor and making it less effective.

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