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by abecedarius 5661 days ago
Nobody writes clearer code than Peter Norvig, yet he usually gives everything a line-or-so doc comment -- e.g. http://norvig.com/lispy2.html. That's pretty far from the comments-should-be-rare credo. I like it.

My actual argument for that style sans appeals to authority: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/499890/what-is-your-perso...

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Worthy of a standalone post somewhere so I can add it to my bookmarks. :)
Thanks -- maybe I'll get to it soon.