RE: Term for elegant, efficient, tight code?

[John Posada <JPosada -at- book -dot- com>]

> >... It may be possible to create a
> >whole "program" in the fewest lines of code, but it is 
> impossible to modify
> >it, and unless you know the exact techniques as the person 
> who wrote it, you may not be able to decipher it.

> Does it help if the programmers also comment the code, 
> explaining to the lesser beings what they are doing and
> how they're doing it?

hahahahahahahahahah

code comments...

you just slay me.

Thanks...I needed a good laugh.

John Posada
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