From: James Edward Gray II <james@...>
Date: 2007-04-10T02:11:21+09:00
Subject: Re: Getting to 100 (#119)

On Apr 9, 2007, at 12:00 PM, Marcel Ward wrote:

> On 09/04/07, Rick DeNatale <rick.denatale@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Finally I figure that it's JEG II's choice as to how to summarize  
>> the solutions.
>>
>> Chacun a son go�t!
>
> I'm definitely in favour of comments and readability.  I guess I was
> just verbalising some inner thoughts and wondering how others try to
> find the right balance.

It can be tricky to know when to use them.  A good comment can ease  
you right into some code.  A bad comment can do the opposite and I  
even find that a good comment sometimes hurts completely obvious code.

In general though, I like seeing them in Ruby Quiz solutions for two  
reasons:

* It helps me understand the code.  That's how I know if I want to  
write about it and it helps me know what to say if I do.

* It helps others understand all the solutions I don't cover.  Always  
a big win, I think.

There's my two cents worth.

James Edward Gray II