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<LI><em>From</em>: J C Lawrence <<A HREF="mailto:claw#under,engr.sgi.com">claw#under,engr.sgi.com</A>></LI>
<LI><em>Date</em>: Mon, 21 Dec 1998 15:34:08 -0800</LI>
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On Fri, 18 Dec 1998 16:41:22 -0500
Benjamin D Wiechel<strycher#toast,net> wrote:
> IIRC, one of JCL's responses to this thread pointed out that
> getting programmers to document in the code, much less to write
> actual external documentation, and then to also convince them to
> keep it updated, is quite a daunting task. It may be an
> impossible one.
Let's just say that there is a commercial OS out there in whose
source I made the following comment (faithfully checked in, thru
code review etc):
/* I don't know what this code does, but I do know that it doesn't
do what the above comment says it does. Exercise caution. */
--
J C Lawrence Internet: claw#kanga,nu
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00999" HREF="msg00999.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: MUD Design doc (long)</A></strong>,
Michael Willey <a href="mailto:Michael.Willey#abnamro,com">Michael.Willey#abnamro,com</a>, Fri 18 Dec 1998, 19:20 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01001" HREF="msg01001.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: MUD Design doc (long)</A></strong>,
Adam Wiggins <a href="mailto:adam#angel,com">adam#angel,com</a>, Fri 18 Dec 1998, 22:16 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01030" HREF="msg01030.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: MUD Design doc (long)</A></strong>,
J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#under,engr.sgi.com">claw#under,engr.sgi.com</a>, Mon 21 Dec 1998, 23:31 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01007" HREF="msg01007.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: MUD Design doc (long)</A></strong>,
Benjamin D. Wiechel <a href="mailto:strycher#toast,net">strycher#toast,net</a>, Fri 18 Dec 1998, 23:38 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01031" HREF="msg01031.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: MUD Design doc (long)</A></strong>,
J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#under,engr.sgi.com">claw#under,engr.sgi.com</a>, Mon 21 Dec 1998, 23:34 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01048" HREF="msg01048.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: MUD Design doc (long)</A></strong>,
Nathan F Yospe <a href="mailto:yospe#hawaii,edu">yospe#hawaii,edu</a>, Wed 23 Dec 1998, 20:11 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00951" HREF="msg00951.html">[MUD-Dev] A short introduction of a (quite) long-time lurker</A></strong>,
Per Vognsen <a href="mailto:vognsen#post10,tele.dk">vognsen#post10,tele.dk</a>, Fri 11 Dec 1998, 16:39 GMT
<LI><strong><A NAME="00949" HREF="msg00949.html">[MUD-Dev] MUD Design doc (long)</A></strong>,
Thinus Barnard <a href="mailto:thinus_barnard#bigfoot,com">thinus_barnard#bigfoot,com</a>, Fri 11 Dec 1998, 09:29 GMT
<LI><strong><A NAME="00936" HREF="msg00936.html">[MUD-Dev] ADMIN: (IMPORTNANT) Server down time and possible service interruption</A></strong>,
J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#under,engr.sgi.com">claw#under,engr.sgi.com</a>, Tue 08 Dec 1998, 01:56 GMT
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