Minor Policy Change
September 26th, 2009
I just received some odd comments on a blog entry I wrote more than a year ago. Looking back, I’m kind of mortified at what I wrote. I feel that way about a lot of stuff I write here.
Two things come to mind:
- This blog is highly extemporaneous. Think of it as a public journal, not a carefully edited research paper. (the name of this blog is the first clue)
- My opinions often change over time, or at least evolve. I know that code I wrote last week looks a lot different than code I wrote one or two years ago. (if your coding style never changes, you probably stopped learning, and are in trouble)
Thus, for anything older than 180 days, comments are closed. Going back that far seems silly because I might not even believe what I wrote back then. Oftentimes, a post is simply me working out my thought processes by writing about them.
Plus, most comments on old material are either spam or students asking HOWTO questions.