Is it possible to embed github gists in wordpress comments?

Yes, oembed doesn’t run on comments by default, but you can make it by using this plugin:

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/oembed-for-comments/

It uses WordPress’ internal oembed classes so if your posts support gists then so will your comments

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