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by johnmwilkinson 2 days ago
I completely agree. I wrote a book on the subject of how to write clear code (Bob Martin was off by one letter!) and comments are a key element of that.

https://elementsofcode.io/chapters/documentation/

We’re in good company: Jon Ousterhaut had a conversation with Uncle Bob where he brings up the exact passage you quote as a point of disagreement.