Revisting Code

[Torc]

Hands up those of you who can read your own code when you have to
rewrite it for a major update after not looking at it for a year or two?

At least I code better than other people, I hear some people cannot read
their own code after six months, and any one using C or one of its
descendants cannot read their own code after five minutes.

[Valleysboy1978]

Depends on what I was on at the time

I can usually understand it, but anyone else has no chance

[Merrion]

I can always read and understand my code because I follow The 7 secrets of successful programmers...although sometimes I can't work out why I wrote a particular application in the first place.

[Valleysboy1978]

But if anyone else can use my code then they can get rid of me, with the code in its current intelligble state they need me to maintain it

[penagate]

At least I code better than other people, I hear some people cannot read
their own code after six months, and any one using C or one of its
descendants cannot read their own code after five minutes.

Says Mr. OMFGItIsntVBItSucks.

[Torc]

I wouldn't say that Penagate.

I prefer Pascal oover VB, and Modula-2 over Pascal.

I find the problem with C is that it does not seem to be very well designed.

Hmm, perhaps I shouldn't have said better than other people, I just reaslied that you can probably read that several different ways.

What I meant was that I could code better than some, probably most people,
but that is just because I try to write code I can understand.

Unfortunately I am not at the level where I can c0d yet.

Maybe in another three or four lifetimes.

[penagate]

Oh, you're being serious.

The problem with C is that, being a very versatile language, it makes it easy to write unintelligible code. It is therefore your responsibility as a skilled c00der to make it clear and self-documenting. Just as with any language, there is code, and there is c0d, as you so humbly allude.

[CornedBee]

I can read my code ... if I can find it.

[oceanebelle]

I eat spaghetti therefore I can

[wossname]

I always comment my code to death. Its often easier to write out an algorithm in comments first (plain english description of what needs to happen). Then go back and code the individual things that were highlighted.