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Although some claim that API documentation can be higher quality when written in a more traditional and manual way, some claim that storing documentation information in code comments simplifies the documenting process, as well as increases the likelihood that the documentation will be kept up to date.cite-ref-ambler000-15-0[15] Examples include Javadoc, Ddoc, Doxygen, Visual Expert and PHPDoc. Forms of docstring are supported by Python, Lisp, Elixir, and Clojure.cite-ref-16[16] C#, F# and Visual Basic .NET implement a similar feature called "XML Comments" which are read by IntelliSense from the compiled .NET assembly.cite-ref-17[17]

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