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> Terseness is not always a virtue. This is a subjective thing, right? Personally, I hate boilerplate: either it's a distraction because it's boring and superf
by orra 5y ago
> Terseness is not always a virtue.
This is a subjective thing, right? Personally, I hate boilerplate: either it's a distraction because it's boring and superfluous, or worse it's long and it's wrong. Regardless, it adds to the cognitive load when maintaining code.
- unfocussed_mike 5y agoYeah, definitely, hence the "not always" in this case. There are several terse syntaxes I really like. I'm just not convinced it's a virtue in this context.