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"Comments are more Important than Code". This is a verty good Article by Jef Raskin. Writing good comment is difficult. To teach yourself to write comments before you write the code is a discipline. I think the quality goes up if you do this well. The rest for writing no comments is an excuse for not willing to do it. I did not start as a software developer with writing comment. After I read more then 100.000 codelines from others I realized the importance of GOOD comments. You not only write comments for yourself but also for the developers who have to maintain your software.
Commented Aug 2, 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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