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Agreed. If I find myself typing a detailed comment past TODO FIX THIS TOMORROW, I refactor. It is rare code should need a comment. Pulling a clever trick to trick the JIT into inlining a function call? Cool add a comment. Just loading junk form a database to show a user? Should not use a comment.


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