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> I would love to see highly optimized code that is easy to read. That that's a trade-off is [just] a deficiency in our programming languages and tooling aroun
by gugagore 6y ago
> I would love to see highly optimized code that is easy to read.
That that's a trade-off is [just] a deficiency in our programming languages and tooling around them. As we evolve are young field (and if you've had a long career, then it is even younger to you!) I trust we will find more and more highly-optimized code that is easy to read.
- koonsolo 6y agoComputer languages are a means of communication between a human and a computer. They clearly evolved closer to human readability and understanding, and away from computer language itself. When you optimize, your code needs to be closer to computer language again, and therefore further away from human readability. The only way to have both, is to have a system that can optimize the code automatically. We are getting closer to that, but still sometimes this is not enough.