Code readability should be the top most priority when writing code. Even more than portability and performance. Anyone can rewrite a piece of good, succinct, c

Code readability should be the top most priority when writing code. Even more than portability and performance. Anyone can rewrite a piece of good, succinct, clear code. Even if its performance is poor. That cannot be said for clever hacker code that -was- fast until business requirements changed over time and now the guy that used to understand the code is long gone.