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baby on Feb 1, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: Reducing technical debt by valuing comments as muc...

> Comment bit rot is inevitable, because comments don’t compile and can’t be tested

Not true in Rust

makeitdouble on Feb 1, 2023 [–]

How do you compile and test "// This method cannot be altered in any way because X tool will break" ?

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