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Originally posted by Melancholy
Not quite engineering, and not quite a slogan, but my Computer Science teacher said this on the first day of class.
"The purpose of commenting is that if you get fired, or hit by a bus, someone else can finish your program!"
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I can really appreciate the comments on this by Kieth and Mike.
As a software engineer for over 20 years, I think I'm safe in saying that this is an engineering slogan. Variations on this slogan have been around since the early days of computing. I suspect that even Charles Babbage, and certainly those working with him or studying his work, uttered similar words. The refinements presented here are great!