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If it's closed source then it's a losing battle to try and document code. I mean, do it when you feel it's 100% necessary (e.g. complex code that you really can't dumb down, "magic numbers" with a complicated backstory, test cases -- it feels like that's a different part of your brain so the transition is hard). Otherwise write code that almost reads like a sentence and don't add complexity until you need it.
You mean COBOL?
Hehe. COBOL doesn't look too bad. Reads a bit like a person that's never talked to another human being before.