I think you're right. If the code isn't clear enough without comments, the code needs to be improved. I manage a number of projects written in C, and all of the

I think you're right. If the code isn't clear enough without comments, the code needs to be improved. I manage a number of projects written in C, and all of them have very low comments because I enforce a policy of clean and understandable code. Comments are used to explain strange things in your code. A small number of comments in a good codebase is an indicator of strange things being sparse - a good thing.