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Date:      Sun, 31 Jan 1999 05:55:33 -0800 (PST)
From:      Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com>
To:        Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
Cc:        cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, newton@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/kern sys_socket.c kern_exit.c kern_resource.c
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.9901310555030.406-100000@s204m82.isp.whistle.com>
In-Reply-To: <199901311349.AAA19834@godzilla.zeta.org.au>

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none of which applies to the "correct" comments you were complaining
about.

On Mon, 1 Feb 1999, Bruce Evans wrote:

> >so when did comments start hurting?
> 
> From the beginning.  Kernighan and Plauger, in "The Elements of
> Progamming Style", second edition (1984) give many reasons in the
> index alone:
> 
>     comments, agreement of code and  142
>     comments, excessive  104, 151
>     comments, incorrect  70, 88, 142, 143, 151
>     comments, subconcious acceptance of  142
>     comments, useless  142
> 
> Bruce
> 


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