“When code and comments disagree, both are probably wrong.”

—  Norm Schryer

More Programming Pearls: Confessions of a Coder, Column 6: Bumper-Sticker Computer Science. http://www.softwarequotes.com/ShowQuotes.asp?ID=660&Name=Schryer%20,_Norm&Type=Q

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