<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35928092.post7014789058428782665..comments</id><updated>2008-07-18T14:27:42.941-04:00</updated><category term='ruby'/><category term='NTFS'/><category term='Product Management'/><category term='Windows Mobile'/><category term='User Interface'/><category term='nested class'/><category term='cross-compiling'/><category term='code sample'/><category term='UMPC'/><category term='pay it forward'/><category term='conversion'/><category term='UI'/><category term='web development'/><category term='QC'/><category term='time_t'/><category term='XBAP'/><category term='c#'/><category term='oom'/><category term='PM'/><category term='DOM'/><category term='Browsers'/><category term='popup'/><category term='python'/><category term='wchar_t'/><category term='DACL'/><category term='Mobile Development'/><category term='Visual Basic'/><category term='Single sign-on'/><category term='Win32'/><category term='Flex'/><category term='WM5'/><category term='Android'/><category term='c++'/><category term='IRM'/><category term='audio gateway'/><category term='Application'/><category term='Product Strategy'/><category term='string conversion'/><category term='embedded'/><category term='NTLM'/><category term='SMS'/><category term='Struts'/><category term='App'/><category term='specification'/><category term='semantic'/><category term='Barcamp'/><category term='char'/><category term='CSS'/><category term='Product Creation'/><category term='Javascript'/><category term='QA'/><category term='JCIFS'/><category term='UX'/><category term='RIL'/><category term='SharePoint'/><category term='Java'/><category term='Google'/><category term='time'/><category term='rest'/><category term='outlook'/><category term='mapi'/><category term='file access permissions'/><category term='iPhone'/><category term='Firefox'/><category term='MacCamp'/><category term='Product Development'/><category term='User Experience'/><category term='Maven'/><category term='twitter'/><category term='code quality'/><category term='optimization'/><category term='HTML'/><category term='GPS'/><category term='Authentication'/><category term='Bluetooth'/><category term='Mobile App'/><category term='Netbooks'/><category term='IE'/><category term='Smartphones'/><category term='Internet Explorer'/><category term='SNAPI'/><category term='testing'/><category term='software testing'/><category term='WPF'/><category term='Mobile Application'/><category term='PocketPC'/><category term='compiler'/><category term='.NET'/><title type='text'>Comments on The Macadamian Files: Maintenance Nightmares: Commented out code</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thefiles.macadamian.com/feeds/7014789058428782665/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35928092/7014789058428782665/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thefiles.macadamian.com/2008/07/maintenance-nightmares-commented-out.html'/><author><name>Sargsyan Tigran</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17269775074544232074</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_HTeaIVjhZ04/SHyh8EWKx4I/AAAAAAAAAAo/2H-lIMh5UBA/S220/profile.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>3</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35928092.post-2692452571939538516</id><published>2008-07-18T14:27:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-07-18T14:27:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>That is so crazy, I still can't believe that. Whoe...</title><content type='html'>That is so crazy, I still can't believe that. Whoever did that deserves a special place reserved for them in the customer support section :)</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35928092/7014789058428782665/comments/default/2692452571939538516'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35928092/7014789058428782665/comments/default/2692452571939538516'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thefiles.macadamian.com/2008/07/maintenance-nightmares-commented-out.html?showComment=1216405620000#c2692452571939538516' title=''/><author><name>Jason Mawdsley</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12753716679505402680</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='26' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_k101KS5zK3Q/SAzbAeopOkI/AAAAAAAAAAM/-ac9FiLdO7M/S220/IMG00148.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://thefiles.macadamian.com/2008/07/maintenance-nightmares-commented-out.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35928092.post-7014789058428782665' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35928092/posts/default/7014789058428782665' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-680504776'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35928092.post-45938532859532391</id><published>2008-07-18T08:32:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-07-18T08:32:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Not that I want to one-up you on this but I have b...</title><content type='html'>Not that I want to one-up you on this but I have been doing work with a popular ASP.Net component library.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;With that library, when you buy a certain level of license, you get the source. I looked in there and is was scary. They seem to be doing version control with #ifdef statements.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The code is littered with #if V3.2 type of statements. I wonder if they ever heard of branching?</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35928092/7014789058428782665/comments/default/45938532859532391'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35928092/7014789058428782665/comments/default/45938532859532391'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thefiles.macadamian.com/2008/07/maintenance-nightmares-commented-out.html?showComment=1216384320000#c45938532859532391' title=''/><author><name>Francis</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11917210826902818268</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.surprisedpoultry.com/insomnia/images/UserAvatar.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://thefiles.macadamian.com/2008/07/maintenance-nightmares-commented-out.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35928092.post-7014789058428782665' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35928092/posts/default/7014789058428782665' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1150322882'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35928092.post-368920182701313522</id><published>2008-07-18T01:01:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-07-18T01:01:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I think placing comments about the deleted code in...</title><content type='html'>I think placing comments about the deleted code in the commit logs or patch's change log is the best way to deal with this kind of problem. Sometimes it is also possible to write done little explanation comments in the code, but just commenting out the code which should be deleted is not a good practice.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35928092/7014789058428782665/comments/default/368920182701313522'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35928092/7014789058428782665/comments/default/368920182701313522'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thefiles.macadamian.com/2008/07/maintenance-nightmares-commented-out.html?showComment=1216357260000#c368920182701313522' title=''/><author><name>Sargsyan Tigran</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17269775074544232074</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_HTeaIVjhZ04/SHyh8EWKx4I/AAAAAAAAAAo/2H-lIMh5UBA/S220/profile.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://thefiles.macadamian.com/2008/07/maintenance-nightmares-commented-out.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35928092.post-7014789058428782665' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/35928092/posts/default/7014789058428782665' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1708244655'/></entry></feed>
