> I can't tell if you're joking or not here. 100% serious. I don't see how you can seriously consider the version that is way more complex and much less flexib

> I can't tell if you're joking or not here. 100% serious. I don't see how you can seriously consider the version that is way more complex and much less flexible "better". > the apples-to-apples version comparison is 0.625x (5/8 or 4/7) between your pseudocode and real world code with abstractions Which code samples are you actually comparing? Because no matter how I try to slice it, the pseudocode I gave is shorter.