This article is way, way off base. First of all, most syntax coloring de-emphasizes comments because they are not code. They are not necessary. They are potent

This article is way, way off base. First of all, most syntax coloring de-emphasizes comments because they are not code. They are not necessary. They are potentially helpful hints which may or may not be needed. Ideally they aren't. So, they should not be attention grabbing. The idea that making them attention grabbing and ugly is great because it encourages you to have as few of them as possible is ridiculous. It's trying to accomplish a reasonable task (minimal comments) by totally ass-backwards means (making the comments the most obvious thing on the screen.) It's like replacing the click of the turn signal noise in your car with a blaring klaxon to try to get old people to turn them off with more regularity. Here's a tip for the author, who I can only assume is a novice programmer; if there's a universal practice which has been a certain way for several decades and you think it's wrong, re-examine your assumptions.