Eh I would propose it is. Just not literature for everyone. You wouldn't go around saying something written in Japanese is not literature because it is a differ

Eh I would propose it is. Just not literature for everyone. You wouldn't go around saying something written in Japanese is not literature because it is a different language and follows different rules to read it. Same applies to a programming language, you need to be able to know how to read it to know what it is doing. You don't need inline comments, unless there isn't enough clarity in the code itself and someone shouldn't bend over backwards to sacrifice performance over readibility.