Two contrasting opinions on programme remarks are as follows: (a) To make a programme intelligible and maintained, it must include extensive comments. (a) A programme should be as self-documenting as possible, with comments inserted sparingly only when the code is unclear. Language design perspectives on these two ideas. What design elements could help one perspective but not the other? What may help both?

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Two contrasting opinions on programme remarks are as follows: (a) To make a programme intelligible and maintained, it must include extensive comments. (a) A programme should be as self-documenting as possible, with comments inserted sparingly only when the code is unclear. Language design perspectives on these two ideas. What design elements could help one perspective but not the other? What may help both?

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