“A common fallacy is to assume authors of incomprehensible code will be able to express themselves clearly in comments.” - Kevlin Henney
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@CodeWisdom code comments document the author's aspirations at some random point in time, and need not reflect what the code is actually doing ... EVER
@CodeWisdom This statement assumes a rigid two-step process. Many times I've seen docs illuminate unstated architecture and trigger a cleaner re-design.
@CodeWisdom Applicable to all areas of life also.