[Tutor] OT: best comments in source code

[Albert-Jan Roskam]

Somebody on another mailing list posted this and I thought I'd share this with you -- Merry Christmas!


http://stackoverflow.com/questions/184618/what-is-the-best-comment-in-source-code-you-have-ever-encountered?page=1&tab=votes#tab-top


// 
// Dear maintainer:
// 
// Once you are done trying to 'optimize' this routine,
// and have realized what a terrible mistake that was,
// please increment the following counter as a warning
// to the next guy:
// 
// total_hours_wasted_here = 42
// 

Regards,
Albert-Jan


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