Comment are useful to describe why. Why this is needed, why you did it this way. The code itself, assuming you've choosen good descriptive names describes what you did. You cannot indicate the why in the code itself.
Also I feel writing comments, and code for that matter, should be addressed to the next person to look at the code. And the next person isn't as sharp as you!
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Comment are useful to describe why. Why this is needed, why you did it this way. The code itself, assuming you've choosen good descriptive names describes what you did. You cannot indicate the why in the code itself. Also I feel writing comments, and code for that matter, should be addressed to the next person to look at the code. And the next person isn't as sharp as you!