in reply to What makes a comment "obnoxious"?
On the few occasions that I actually have to write programs these days, I usually put comments before anything that people might not understand, especially since I'm the only one in my company who uses Perl. And I try to keep it simple, like so:
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People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf. -- George Orwell
As most everyone else has mentioned, I believe that it is a matter of personal taste.## ## This is the comment ## sub foo{ ... }
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People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf. -- George Orwell
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