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Bill is a pro grammer (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 11 months ago by CowsLookLikeMaps@sh.itjust.works to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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[–] magic_lobster_party@kbin.social 6 points 11 months ago (6 children)

I’ve seen code that look like this:

int delay = 15 * 60; // 10 minutes

Even if the comment was on the same line someone forgot to update it. People just ignore comments.

Better solution is to write (in C#):

TimeSpan delay = TimeSpan.FromMinutes(15)

Much more obvious what the code actually means.

[–] CCatMan@lemmy.one 1 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Is the better way is a runtime performance hit. Does the compiler optimize this?

[–] magic_lobster_party@kbin.social 1 points 11 months ago (2 children)

It’s probably a little bit slower, but there are other things more worth to optimize than to shave off a few microseconds from a 15 minute delay.

[–] CCatMan@lemmy.one 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, it adds up eventually when working with embedded platforms, but for PC stuff I agree.

[–] magic_lobster_party@kbin.social 2 points 11 months ago

If you’re working in embedded I guess you can probably make an inline function or a macro so it’s taken care of at compile time.

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