I'm not arguing that good comments aren't useful. Of course even the best comment can later be invalidated by someone carelessly changing the code and failing t

I'm not arguing that good comments aren't useful. Of course even the best comment can later be invalidated by someone carelessly changing the code and failing to update that comment. However, that doesn't make pointless repetitive comments somehow better or more useful. For me comments should concentrate on the why and maybe the how but mostly ignore the what. That should be obvious from the code.