Coding Horror talks about a feature is called “annotate” in Team System source control, and “blame” in Subversion and in Vault.

Plus he reminded me of these wonderful definitions ……

your program (n): a maze of non-sequiturs littered with clever-clever tricks and irrelevant comments. Compare MY PROGRAM.

my program (n): a gem of algorithmic precision, offering the most sublime balance between compact, efficient coding on the one hand, and fully commented legibility for posterity on the other. Compare YOUR PROGRAM.

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