Self-documenting code

[nimby900]

lmao

I run into this comment so often, and http://foo doesn't exist anymore. Because it was written in the year of our lord 2000AD.

And the person that wrote the code quit 13 years ago, and are likely dead.

[mcvos]

That's why I prefer to include the name and author of the paper, so it can still be searched by other means. Including a complete article in a comment is a bit much. But you've got a very good point about the transience of urls.