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"Writes unreadable code." Code is meant to be executed first, read second. Programmer A's reply was a terse, when Programmer B commented on some piece of code
by bootload 12y ago
"Writes unreadable code."
Code is meant to be executed first, read second.
Programmer A's reply was a terse, when Programmer B commented on some piece of code they couldn't understand. 'I can't read it, what does this do?'
Code and its readability wasn't the problem.
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- jack9 12y ago> Code is meant to be executed first, read second. Knuth would disagree, as would anyone who had to maintain code...ever. Nowhere in the convoluted answer, did the carpenter explain the conceptual strategy of the solution. At least, that would have gotten a discussion going by replacing ??? with a comment. Instead they just chose to pontificate random aspects they considered important on a path that only they knew, assuming their approach was optimal (which it is not). That's pretty useless at any company.
- recursive 12y agoI have a different, yet equally unsupported view. Code is meant to be read first, executed second.
- eCa 12y ago> Code is meant to be executed first, read second. "Always code as if the person who ends up maintaining your code is a violent psychopath who knows where you live." [1] [1] http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?CodeForTheMaintainer http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?CodeForTheMaintainer
- collyw 12y agoThat's why everyone changes binary files directly when they alter their code?