If the Comments Are Ugly, the Code Is Ugly

itwbennett writes "What do your comments say about your code? Do grammatical errors in comments point to even bigger errors in code? That's what Esther Schindler contends in a recent blog post. 'Programming, whether you're doing it as an open source enthusiast or because you're workin' for The Man, is an exercise in attention to detail,' says Schindler. 'Someone who writes software must be a nit-picker, or the code won't work ... Long-winded 'explanations' of the code in the application's comments (that is, the ones that read like excuses) indicate that the developer probably didn't understand what he was doing.'"

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[danielpkern]

Why not just use wordpress & download some of their comment plugins like the Spell Checker plugin? We are looking to make the switch to this CMS for a number of sites (Cup of Comfort is one, which offers story review services, a cool ongoing story contest, and writing webinars).