Why Are Comments Important in Code?
Compare the two programs
below:
Example
1 Not using comments:
print(x, y)
Example
2 Using comments:
# retrieves
the current location of the mouse pointer on the screen
# x contains the x coordinate
and y contains the y coordinate
x, y = peek(79456,
79457)
#
provide the coordinates to the user
print(x, y)
Even
though the above code is pseudo code, it is plain even to non-programmers what
the purposes of the statements are.