> But what do you actually mean by insisting that no, the code isn't for the computer at all, it's solely for other humans? By insisting on this, I mean that,

> But what do you actually mean by insisting that no, the code isn't for the computer at all, it's solely for other humans? By insisting on this, I mean that, at any given time, if I have the choice to write code that is easily readable by an human XOR a code that is easy to execute (fast), I will always choose the first. And it’s not a dogmatic ideology : sure there are tradeoffs where writing efficient code is needed, sure it depends on the industry you work. But in general, when needed, it’s much easier to make a readable code faster than to make a fast code easier to read. I’ve seen so much « optimized for machine » code in my career. Probably written by really smart person who chased the millisecond perfection. But 90% of this code is « one shot execution » where millisecond doesn’t change anything and is probably wasted anyway by the surrounding framework/library/context…