I should add that I often make these comments even if my code doesn't have a chance of anyone else looking at it. I forget way too often why I did something an

I should add that I often make these comments even if my code doesn't have a chance of anyone else looking at it. I forget way too often why I did something and need my own reminders. For all we know, this guy may have actually had a good reason to do this (work-around, faster, ...) - a simple qualifying comment for doing something out of the ordinary would have explained it all.