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>Code should be compact and functional, not airy. Airy and functional seems better for readability.

• fxtentacle 7y ago
  If I had to choose between 2 screens full of source code with lots of whitespace, or half of a screen condensed, I'd always choose the variant that fits on my screen. So my personal preference is strongly against airy and more like "cram what you can into one line". But given the quick downvotes to my parent post, it seems I'm in the minority with my view that source code should be first and foremost useful.
  • touktouk 7y ago
    It is quite possible that people agree with you that source code should be first and foremost useful, but disagree on compactness vs airiness.
  • fooker 7y ago
    >cram what you can into one line This is how code gets thrown away and rewritten. Fixing bugs in dense code is a nightmare, if the code was written by someone else.