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Couldn't disagree more. As a one-time maintenance programmer, I couldn't care less why code works, I only care why it DOESN'T.
By some strange co-incidence, the lines of code I had to fix never, ever had comments. Code with well-written comments rarely came to my attention, except to suggest where else I should look.
Commented Feb 27, 2011 on Code Tells You How, Comments Tell You Why at Coding Horror
Code Tells You How, Comments Tell You Why
In an earlier post on the philosophy of code comments, I noted that the best kind of comments are the ones you don't need. Allow me to clarify that point. You should first strive to make your code as simple as possible to understand without relying on comments as a crutch. Only at the point whe...
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