Peter looks at how rewriting some complex code -- purely to make it easier to read -- eliminates the need for writing comments. He even adds a comment to some code. In a previous column, I discussed ...

We've written before about the value of writing your README before your code, but what about when it comes to the actual code? Terse one-liners? Paragraph-long descriptions? How much is enough and ...

The public comment period for proposed Student Code of Conduct revisions is now open, according to a Monday email sent to the Cornell community by Marla Love, Robert W. and Elizabeth C. Staley dean of ...

A few weeks back, my column on the value of comments in code caught a lot of comments itself. To a certain extent, I feel like Dirty Harry in Magnum Force: "I'm afraid you've misjudged me"…but not ...