[jacobsenscott]

I never write comments, and I think they typically have a negative correlation to quality (this code is so f**ed up, plain english is, of all things, more clear and precise than code!). Unless you are releasing code publicly, and you are documenting the public API, I've never seen a valuable comment. I've seen plenty of harmful comments. However I wholeheartedly endorse using this otherwise useless but common language feature for swearing.

I think swearing in comments indicates you are unburdened by bureaucracy and pointy haired bosses (because they prohibit such things), which would certainly lead to better code.

[chinchilla2020]

you've never seen a useful comment?

[jacobsenscott]

I've been doing this for 20 years, so maybe? But I can't recall a single one excluding painstakingly maintained documentation for a public api where the source isn't readily available. I usually try hard not to read the comments and just read the code because comments are wrong so often.