Code might be useful way after original constraints / platforms / compilers / requirements / reasons / etc are long gone. If you have a tradeoff between someth

Code might be useful way after original constraints / platforms / compilers / requirements / reasons / etc are long gone. If you have a tradeoff between something today and clarity you might thank yourself later that you didn't went for it and kept code amenable to change. Or as with any tradeoff you can be right going for that cleverness. I have learned that I want to err on clarity side not on cleverness side but ymmv.