See Also

Chapter 2

Code layout and presentation schemes will affect how you lay out your comments.

Chapter 3

Another aspect of self-commenting code: choosing good names.

Chapter 4

Discusses self-documenting code, a tactic that makes heavy commenting redundant. Also describes literate programming techniques.

Chapter 18

Revision control systems hold file history so you don’t need to explain it in comments.

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