Meanings
comparative more undercommented · superlative most undercommented
- computingHaving inadequate documentation in the form of comments in source code.
What will probably result is a grossly undercommented program, with brief comments that are only marginally helpful.
1981, G. Michael Schneider, Steven C. Bruell, Advanced programming and problem solving with PASCAL1 more example
I've only one complaint about the book: the actual code is often poorly formatted and undercommented, so some of the examples are difficult to read.
1988, Dr. Dobb's journal, volume 13
Origin
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