this guy works at ibm?

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-clear-code/?ca=dgr-lnxw16linuxcodetips

Comments are like training wheels, once you really learn the language you can read the code as well as English if you use good variable names.

>People are the real audience, those programmers that come after you

If they don't understand the code, they need to learn the language more.