I had the same thought a few years back. I think it depends on are you 'reading' code or 'writing' code. When reading code, I want to read comments rather than

I had the same thought a few years back. I think it depends on are you 'reading' code or 'writing' code. When reading code, I want to read comments rather than ignoring them. When writing code, syntax highlighting is kind of doing spell checks for you. I don't think they are really useful, but you can't go back once you have them.