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You are right. There is an aesthetic beauty in code. Even in complex problems it should be clear and simple. I wish more people could appreciate this. Many time
by huherto 19y ago
You are right. There is an aesthetic beauty in code. Even in complex problems it should be clear and simple. I wish more people could appreciate this. Many times they don't see it, (because it doesn't give any problems) or they they see the finished product and think it was an easy problem. They do not know how hard was to find the simple and clear solution.
- wallflower 19y ago"Chapter 1 introduces some of the basic tenets of the book, namely that code is literature and should be read as such. All too often people only read code when they have a specific problem to solve or want to get an example of an API. Instead, if you read code frequently you'll always be learning things and improving your skills. Also, Spinellis discusses the lifecycle of code (including its genesis, maintenance, and reuse), which simply must be taken into account if code is to be good. Poorly skilled developers forget these things and just slap it together, never thinking ahead." From a review of "Code Reading: The Open Source Perspective" http://books.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/03/02/1951204 http://books.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/03/02/1951204 I was reading this book in the bookstore the other day (too expensive to buy). See also: "Beautiful Code: Leading Programmers Explain How They Think"