Is that actually a widespread view? I though at least post-1970 or so, it was pretty standard practice to comment liberally. Going all the way to Knuth-style literate programming hasn't caught on, I'll admit, but I didn't think wall-of-code was widely admired anymore either.
It's been a while since I've seen a discussion on code comments here on HN but I have noticed in the past that there's a vocal group who are fairly passionate against code comments. I was actually expecting a wave of downvotes to my original comment.
I disagree with "liberally", as there's a cost associated with commenting (they have to be maintained and people have to spend time to read them), but I'm certainly of the opinion that judiciously commenting is very useful.
