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If it doesn't scale(for some definition of scaling - features, server load, etc.) and you have to rewrite it, it's still essentially hard to follow, because you
by chipsy 16y ago
If it doesn't scale(for some definition of scaling - features, server load, etc.) and you have to rewrite it, it's still essentially hard to follow, because you will have to reconcept the entire system, and presumably stay data-compatible.
Zed simply advocates that you ignore toy systems if they don't give you an in towards writing a real app later.
- jules 16y agoI disagree. Something can be easy to understand even if it doesn't scale well. Bubblesort is easy to understand, even though it doesn't scale well. If Zed's claim was that it doesn't scale he should (and would) have written that, instead of writing that it's hard to read.