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> I'm surprised comprehensions in particular haven't spread to more modern languages. Comprehensions become unreadable quite quickly - even simple ones have to
by pansa2 6y ago
> I'm surprised comprehensions in particular haven't spread to more modern languages.
Comprehensions become unreadable quite quickly - even simple ones have to be read inside-out, and complex (especially nested) ones are much worse.
Most modern languages seem to prefer functional-style methods like `map`, `filter` etc, which are more readable in all but the simplest cases.
- kbd 6y ago> which are more readable in all but the simplest cases. Except in practice, the vast majority of comprehensions are simple.