Traits, r

[Michael Lush]

On Fri, 8 Feb 2008, Adrian Howard wrote:
> On 8 Feb 2008, at 15:03, Andy Armstrong wrote:
> [snip]
>> As a tangent it surprises me how little URLs are used in comments. It seems 
>> that programmers often feel the need to provide their own précis right 
>> there when a link would be both less verbose in the code and more 
>> informative. Maybe people are reluctant to admit their sources, or feel the 
>> need to demonstrate comprehension of the subject - but the next person who 
>> comes along cares little about that.
> [snip]
>
> Worked lots of places in my time where the interweb is not allowed...
>
> Adrian

... and there is no particular guarantee that the linked page will say the 
same thing (or even exist) in 5 years time (archive.org has no place in a 
production environment)

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Michael
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