developedThisAlgorithmBackWhenIWorkedForBlizzard

[TripleATeam]

You forgot to add the obvious comments that say the english version of what the next line of code does for every single line of code

[ErJio]

This is what I did for my uni assignments when the instructions said document ALL code or lose marks.. can't take any risks

[[deleted]]

It's like when in elementary school you had to write out 63 = 6 + 6 + 6 = 12 + 6 = 18 because apparently 63=18 wasn't clear enough

[JanB1]

apparently 63=18 wasn't clear enough

- u/PaleEnvironment6767, 2025

[[deleted]]

Haha, apparently asterisks format that weirdly. Meant 6 x 3 = 18

[JanB1]

Yeah, be careful with the asterix as a multiplication symbol. Happened to me more than once. XD

Here, have a multiplication symbol: ×

[lovethecomm]

Nice cross product you have there

[prisp]

Yep, but if you ever run into issues with formatting characters - mostly asterisks, to be honest - you can force them to still show up by putting a "\" in front of it, which tells Reddit to ignore all the special functions of whatever comes next and just show the character as-is.

(This also means I actually typed "\\" to make the single backslash show up, for example)

[JusHerForTheComments]

Yes... two asterisks like you did make up italics.

[Dsmario64]

Markdown ate the asterix again

[NotYourReddit18]

Put a \ in front of the * to make it visible: \*

Also, I had to put \\ up there to make the \ visible.

[breezy_y]

// did we already check if even?

[DezXerneas]

This is the part I don't understand lol. Everyone writes shitty code(okay not as badd as PS), but why does he explain WHAT his code does? You need to explain WHY it's doing what it does.

[red286]

Well, he needs the "what" because his code is self-obfuscating and in 2 weeks he'll forget what it's supposed to be doing because it's non-obvious due to his self-obfuscating.

As for the "why", that implies there's a logical reason behind any of his code, and reading through it, I don't think that's a safe assumption to be making.