I'm sympathetic to the rebellion against 'clean code'. I think this obsession with clean code is a natural reaction to the overwhelming number of gotchas that

I'm sympathetic to the rebellion against 'clean code'. I think this obsession with clean code is a natural reaction to the overwhelming number of gotchas that seem to just come with the job. It's a bit like when a parent watches their kid get hurt outside the house and in a complete overreaction locks the kid in the house for life. Thing is, if I'm programming an airplane control system, I very much want that kind of pedantry I think. I really don't want to make a single mistake writing that kind of program. If I'm programming a video game, just let me write the code that I want. Nobody's going to die if it blows up in my face. I'm not sure what should be the lesson from all this... Perhaps don't pick C++ unless you absolutely need to?