Six ways to write more comprehensible code

Great article over at ibm developerworks. The six points are:

Comment like a smart person

Use #define a lot. No, a LOT.

Dont use variables names that will mock you.

Do error checking. You make errors. Yes, you.

“Premature optimization is the root of all ill”. – Donald Knuth

Dont be too clever by half.

I love the point 5, and agree wholly with it. Read the entire article here.