> Comments should be a last-resort stopgap I'd add; Comments should be saying _why_ this crazy method is here. You can always parse the code to figure out what

> Comments should be a last-resort stopgap I'd add; Comments should be saying _why_ this crazy method is here. You can always parse the code to figure out what it does. In a few months/years (depending on your memory) you will not remember _why_ this code was put in place.