> I must admit, the _art_ of writing readable code really appeals to me and is one of my finest joys in programming One of the best compliments I've ever recei

> I must admit, the _art_ of writing readable code really appeals to me and is one of my finest joys in programming One of the best compliments I've ever received was when a team member told me I created the most beautiful looking code she's ever seen. This was from both a pleasing to the eye and ability to grok perspective. The latter was mostly due to naming things in ways that made their purpose obvious and avoiding the temptation to do as much work in a single line of code as possible.