Bert! Please don't make my life harder!! I totally agree that meaningful variable names etc. should be assigned (e.g. using Hungarian notation) but surely comments are useful? And if the code is updated a program log should be used to keep track of changes. Comments have got to be a necessary part of good programming. Not every line - just enough to organise the code. Perhaps 10% comments? I am so glad my days of staying in work til midnight to decipher someone elses buggy code are OVER! Long live the return to student life!! But I hope anyone in my last place of work understands the code I left behind.