Bull. If I write code, it's my responsibility to write it such that I and any other programmers I show the code to understand how the implementation works. Writing code and writing documentation are two different disciplines that are commonly conflated together for convenience of middle management.If you write code, it is your responsibility to explain how to use it. If you can't explain it then hire a writer that can.
They were also written and edited by professionals that were hired by the company selling software.Yet, surprisingly enough, the manuals that come with commercial artistic programs perform admirably enough at the task so you don't need to look for the "create-monster" button.
I don't think this is all that incomprehensible.