the code doesn't need anything, people reading it do. Names are useful because they make intent explicit. Point free programming in functional languages is ofte

the code doesn't need anything, people reading it do. Names are useful because they make intent explicit. Point free programming in functional languages is often overused. Stuart wrote a good blog post about this a few years ago. "All too often, however, I see the threading macros used in places where they make the code less clear. Early in Clojure’s public existence, there was a fad for “point-free” programming, a kind of code golf without any local variables. This is a fun exercise, but it does not lead to readable code, and I’m relieved that the enthusiasm for this style has worn off. What has remained is a tendency to use threading macros any place they can be made to fit. I think this is a mistake. Rather than making the code easier to read, it makes it harder, forcing the reader to mentally “unwind” the syntax to figure out what it does." https://stuartsierra.com/2018/07/06/threading-with-style https://stuartsierra.com/2018/07/06/threading-with-style