Y
HN Search
Hacker News Search
new
|
comments
|
top
|
jobs
realrains
searching PlanetScale…
1.
▲
2.
▲
3.
▲
4.
▲
5.
▲
6.
▲
3 ms
·
1.
▲
by
realrains
3y ago
I don't think the issue is about which code is more readable, but whether it's efficient for the CPU or the computer. Modern compilers optimize more than we think in production builds.
2.
▲
by
realrains
3y ago
I don't think the fact that a function works well is a good enough reason to write a 2000 line function. Sometimes there are long pieces of code that implement complex algorithms that are difficult to break into smaller pieces of code,
3.
▲
by
realrains
3y ago
Mixing different levels of abstraction makes the code harder to understand. Linear code is probably good because the examples in the body are simple. It's one thing to separate code into separate files, but it's another to break u
4.
▲
by
realrains
4y ago
I totally agree with you