Self-documenting code is a myth. Code only communicates action, not intent. Nor does it communicate assumptions about input constraints.
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@paulg Haha, touché. Now try it for any non-trivial function.
@mojombo Twitter won't let me indent, but (def some (f xs) (if (no xs) nil (f (car xs)) xs (some f (cdr xs))))
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@paulg As a non-LISP native, I bet a simple code comment on that would get me to comprehension much faster. =) -
@mojombo@paulg I agree in principle. WEB, however seems to approach the platonic ideal of self documenting code? http://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~uno/programs.html …
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@paulg That's super helpful, but doesn't answer a great many questions about what that code might do. What resources, for example?
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