BrowserUk,
95% of the code I develop is written for monks here at the Monastery or for strangers on #perl in IRC. I almost never comment code and very rarely receive questions as to how the code works. I think this because of a handful of reasons:

• I use variable names that aid in understanding the code
• I use function names that aid in understanding the code
• I present the code in small digestible chunks
• The person reading the code already knows what it is supposed to do and only has to figure out how

There are a few instances when it has been necessary to comment my code. This is either because the approach to solving the problem is not obvious to the individual seeking assistance or because their level of competency warrants them.

This is not to say that everyone reading the thread is able to understand it as there are rare occasions when clarification is requested. The best example of my own commented code I could find was that of Perl6 and are probably mostly superfluous due to the text description, which is what POD is for afterall.

While my one public module is documented using POD, it does not contain comments.

---

---

Posts are HTML formatted. Put <p> </p> tags around your paragraphs. Put <code> </code> tags around your code and data!

Titles consisting of a single word are discouraged, and in most cases are disallowed outright.

Read Where should I post X? if you're not absolutely sure you're posting in the right place.

Please read these before you post! —

• How do I compose an effective node title?
• How do I post a question effectively?
• Markup in the Monastery

Posts may use any of the Perl Monks Approved HTML tags:

a, abbr, b, big, blockquote, br, caption, center, col, colgroup, dd, del, details, div, dl, dt, em, font, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, hr, i, ins, li, ol, p, pre, readmore, small, span, spoiler, strike, strong, sub, summary, sup, table, tbody, td, tfoot, th, thead, tr, tt, u, ul, wbr

You may need to use entities for some characters, as follows. (Exception: Within code tags, you can put the characters literally.)

	For:		Use:
	&		&
	<		&lt;
	>		&gt;
	[		&#91;
	]		&#93;

Link using PerlMonks shortcuts! What shortcuts can I use for linking?

See Writeup Formatting Tips and other pages linked from there for more info.