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I hope you appreciate that the word “magic” is relative to the person using it. For you, it’s self-modifying code. But to someone else, it’s mapping. And to a t
by braythwayt 11y ago
I hope you appreciate that the word “magic” is relative to the person using it. For you, it’s self-modifying code. But to someone else, it’s mapping. And to a third person, it’s monkey-patching. And to a fourth person, it’s lazy evaluation of infinite streams, and to a fifth person, it’s ...
- jschwartzi 11y ago...and the point is that magic is a word that's often used alongside readability to deride source code that isn't done the way you would have done it.
- braythwayt 11y ago“Intuitive equals familiar”—Jef Raskin