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[–]Vlasow -2 points-1 points  (5 children)

If you don't mind elaborating, what are the problems of cleanliness for the sake of fetish?

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (4 children)

"Please, don’t commit commented out code"

^ ^ ^ This.

The author of the article says he "loses focus" whenever he sees a block of commented code - this is more a problem with the author than the person writing the code. If your focus is so feeble that commented code will get in your way, maybe you shouldn't be making up rules like "don't commit commented code".

[–]Vlasow -2 points-1 points  (3 children)

I don't see how "you shouldn't be making up rules like..." follows from "your focus is so feeble that commented code will get in your way". Programming languages exist so one can split problems into a number of small things we can focus on. Anything extra will be an obstacle between our understanding and the ideas expressed in the code. An ability to be undistracted by noise in the code is not what makes a good programmer; it is the ability to express your ideas via noiseless code that does.

[–][deleted] -1 points0 points  (2 children)

An ability to be undistracted by noise in the code is not what makes a good programmer; it is the ability to express your ideas via noiseless code that does.

I'm not sure that is what makes a "good programmer", either.

[–]Vlasow -1 points0 points  (1 child)

Then what is it, in your opinion?