Good point. But I'd point that languages and compilers are built so we can have both. The problem is some definitions of good really aren't, and it isn't just

Good point. But I'd point that languages and compilers are built so we can have both. The problem is some definitions of good really aren't, and it isn't just because they're slow, it's because they make some things "good" at the detriment of others. Uncle Bob's Clean Code is really good at making some portions of the code "good" and "simple", but when put together they are interconnected in ways that are more difficult to understand.