I wouldn’t be so certain with regards to game engine code quality. Game dev is about producing playable art; code “quality” isn’t a massive focus. In this part

I wouldn’t be so certain with regards to game engine code quality. Game dev is about producing playable art; code “quality” isn’t a massive focus. In this particular example you’re probably right though, because performance does matter to game dev, and that would be a horrific architecture perf wise