The rule was originally against comments of the kind: eggs:=eggs+1; (* increment eggs *) All the other comments should be kept, and maitained synchronized

The rule was originally against comments of the kind: eggs:=eggs+1; (* increment eggs *) All the other comments should be kept, and maitained synchronized with the code. Now like you may want to have some tools to track the link between requirements, design and code (so that when requirements change you may know what design decisions should be reviews and what parts of the code should evolve, youl may want some tools to track the dependency between the code and the comments and check their updated at the same time. So I would suggest, instead of throwing the baby with the bathwater, to imagine and implement the missing tools!