Oh dear god, that nonsense again. That might be true when you write boring, straightforward business code. But when you implement a complex algorithm, that's ju

Oh dear god, that nonsense again. That might be true when you write boring, straightforward business code. But when you implement a complex algorithm, that's just silly. It's also silly if, for example, you need to do "clever" things for performance reasons. Any comment that explains the why behind your code is a good comment.