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Ok, so if everyone agrees that the 

movq $5, %rax ! set value of rax register to 5

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style comments are unnecessary, then why do people recommend YAPE::Regex::Explain so much?

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by Your Mother (Archbishop) on Dec 22, 2010 at 21:21 UTC

    A part of it: It's a dynamic/current, programmatic explanation. It isn't lying to you, misdirecting you, or offering an opinion. It's also mostly recommended to novices. A verbose (and perfectly accurate) comment on every line code would be useful for a beginner.

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