> How come so many people try to use code to show how smart they are? It's tricky, isn't it? The original quote was about "clever code" versus "maintainable co

> How come so many people try to use code to show how smart they are? It's tricky, isn't it? The original quote was about "clever code" versus "maintainable code", but they are not orthogonal: it's possible to write code that's more maintainable (because it's harder to use incorrectly) at the cost of being more clever (because you need to learn more of the language or standard library to understand it). One person's "more maintainable" is going to be another person's "too clever" — you're going to get a bunch of different opinions on where the line lies. Not everybody is trying to show off their brains.