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by vadman 5050 days ago
Do you have github/sourceforge? I'd love to read some of your non-trivial code.

I'm not trying to be an a$$hole btw. I am not a coding guru, I genuinely want to minimize the need for comments in my code and am willing to learn from examples.
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huggyface 5050 days ago
Do you have github/sourceforge? I'd love to read some of your non-trivial code.

Read almost any non-trivial successful project for good examples. The Linux kernel. Firefox. etc. The frequency and verbosity of comments tends to have a direct correlation with the simplicity of the code (which is the exact opposite of normal expectations).

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flatline3 5050 days ago
Linux and Firefox code basis are messes.

Have you written any large projects that you've had to maintain over years, or worked with large teams, or handed off maintenance of a large project to others?

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huggyface 5050 days ago
Two projects that are enormous successes, both with more contributors than any code that you've ever touched, I would wager. "Messes". Indeed.

To your questions, while you're rhetorically asking, trying to wink to the crowd in the implication that the answers are telling, yes, actually I have. To very good effect. I'm speaking from actual experience here, not just the hilarious patter of the bottomfeeder that is far too typical on HN.

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flatline3 5050 days ago
> Two projects that are enormous successes, both with more contributors than any code that you've ever touched, I would wager.

No.

> "Messes". Indeed.

Yes, messes. Why do you think Chrome is eating Firefox's lunch ? Google has both a better-implemented product and sufficient marketing clout to push it.

Have you worked on Linux kernel code?

> I'm speaking from actual experience here, not just the hilarious patter of the bottomfeeder that is far too typical on HN.

What have you worked on?

I've worked on FreeBSD, Mac OS X, and an assortment of smaller widely used software projects, including user-facing applications.

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huggyface 5050 days ago
Why do you think Chrome is eating Firefox's lunch?

Humorous given that both webkit and from that Chromium are largely comment free. What nonsense are you arguing again?

I've worked on FreeBSD, Mac OS X, and an assortment of smaller widely used software projects, including user-facing applications.

"Worked on" in HN parlance means "I did a coop term and wrote some test cases for some irrelevant little utility". Given your comical claims about Linux and Firefox re: Chrome, I have enough information about your skills.

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flatline3 5050 days ago
> Humorous given that both webkit and from that Chromium are largely comment free. What nonsense are you arguing again?

Seriously?

http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome/trunk/src/ipc/ipc_chan...

  // If the channel has already been created, then we need to send this
  // message so that the filter gets access to the Channel.
http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome/trunk/src/ipc/ipc_chan...

And so on.

> "Worked on" in HN parlance means "I did a coop term and wrote some test cases for some irrelevant little utility".

Please go back to Reddit.

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