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The author is looking at this from the perspective of someone who reads 'for fun' or generalized learning. When you have to maintain (or god forbid, rewrite) a
by ljw1001 10y ago
The author is looking at this from the perspective of someone who reads 'for fun' or generalized learning. When you have to maintain (or god forbid, rewrite) a module, you do a lot of code reading. At that point the more like reading a good essay it is, the better.
- ljw1001 10y agoI would take it one step further and say that a better analogy than collecting specimens would be that code-reading is like doing secondary research: Read an overview, dive down one path, take notes, find and read three more articles, etc.
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