From:	Lehlan Decker DeckerL@******.com
Subject:	[semi-OT] programming languages' evolution
Date:	Mon, 01 Feb 1999 17:26:54 -0500

<SNIP>
>Undocumented code is almost on the scale of decompiled
>code for readability. :P The only saving grace of undocumented
>code is that you can sometimes track down the original
>programmer and get him to give you some verbal
>documentation.
Heh..I see your point now. If the code explains itself your fine.
I spend too much time using perl and regular expressions, and
that is not selfdocumenting. :) (Except for the scary folks among
us who can actually interpret regular expressions in their heads)
The problem is tracking down the former programmers, since
they no longer work for the company, and aren't getting paid,
most could give a damn if you can't decipher their code.
And the boss is paying you to decipher the code, so he really
doesn't care either. Sigh..I now remember why I got into
sysadmin versus straight programming.
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