the comments are there, so when you read the source, you understand why something is done.. Without comments, bug fixing is very hard, I think (don't really now, though.. never wrote big programs..)
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RE: source code leaked; bug found
Hmm... I think there's some misunderstanding going on here...
Of course the comments in the source code will stay after compiling, the compiler shouldn't change the source. However, the comments will not be included in the compiled binary; the compiler removes them.
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RE: source code leaked; bug found
Look around at some websites I've seen some comments in the odd JS codes with stuff like that...anyway I don't think Microsoft would let the source code have anything like that in I mean how unofficial would that look in case of a leak...Not only would they be a scandal of the source code leak they'd be the scandal of Bill Gates and his loyal minions being a bunch of drunken loud mouth C++ programmers...
This post was edited on 02-17-2004 at 03:28 PM by Anubis.