Using int made sense in the 50s. Not any more

Things don't change because people change their minds. They change because they retire or die.

Features have a specification cost, a design cost, and a development cost. There is a testing cost and a reliability cost. ... Features have a documentation cost. Every feature adds pages to the manual increasing training costs.

It turns out that style matters in programming for the same reason that it matters in writing. It makes for better reading.

A JSON decoder MAY accept and ignore comments.

JavaScript is the only language that I'm aware of that people feel they don't need to learn before they start using it.

Obsolete comments are worse than no comments.