> Temporary variables as you perform transformations are great because they force you to verbalize what it is that you're actually doing. This is incredibly im

> Temporary variables as you perform transformations are great because they force you to verbalize what it is that you're actually doing. This is incredibly important because so many developers don't use ways to describe the intent of what they are writing at all. It's bad enough many believe the swill that "the code is the documentation", but to then add new ways to make code less self descriptive is... worrying.