What’s your most controversial programming opinion?: Someone asked this question on StackOverflow, and the answers were fast and furious. On top of the answers, there are hundreds of comments on the answers. The entire page is a great read.

Opinion: Most comments in code are in fact a pernicious form of code duplication.

[…] Not all programmers are created equal. […] n actual fact, the performance of one developer can be 10x or even 100x that of another.

[…] Programmers who don’t code in their spare time for fun, will never become as good as those that do

[…] If you only know one language, no matter how well you know it, you’re not a great programmer.

[…] Print statements are a valid way to debug code

And my favorite:

The use of hungarian notation should be punished with death.

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1. Comment by Tim, March 16, 2009 8:59 am

   I like the “Most comments in code are in fact a pernicious form of code duplication.”

2. Comment by qwest, March 17, 2009 11:53 am

   spaces versus tabs

   and

   braces on their own lines

3. Comment by Deane, March 17, 2009 12:45 pm

   Tabs. And opening and closing braces should be on the same vertical axis.

4. Comment by Chris_, March 18, 2009 6:24 pm

   Goto (in basic) isn’t evil.

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