RE: [OT]: Hiring a PIC consultant/developer by "Wouter van Ooijen" .

> > But of course, when the customer asks for the source, and especially > > when he mentions that he wants to be able to make modifications, you > > must keep that in mind when writing the code. > > Why? It's OK to write sloppy code when you think nobody else > will ever see it? I never said 'sloppy code'. The point is that what is good depends on the context. When I write example code for a first-year student I put in comments that would be outight silly when the code was intended to be read by a seasoned programmer. Likewise I will treat code that is intended for a customers eyes differently from code that is for my eyes only. > I always write code as if someone else will need to > understand it later. I > think good comments can *only* be written with that mindset. Good comments can not be written without a specific audience in mind (same for slecting code constructs, same for selecting the programming language). Wouter van Ooijen -- ------------------------------------------- Van Ooijen Technische Informatica: http://www.voti.nl consultancy, development, PICmicro products docent Hogeschool van Utrecht: http://www.voti.nl/hvu