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in thread "Cleverness" from HOP
Trouble is, one man's "significant advantage" is another's "too clever by half".
All too often "clever code" is used as a synonym for "code I do not understand", and if you do not understand the code, then you almost certainly cannot perceive its advantages.
I like simple. A lot. But even agreeing a definition of simple is anything but. For many, 'simple code' means step-wise and verbose--the explicit detailing of all intermediates--missing that concise & implicit code can simplify through the omission of extraneous intermediaries.
to not write clever code just for the sake of clever code.
"for the sake of", is there a more emotive, subjective, allusory phrase in our lexicons?
Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error.
"Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority".
In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.
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Re^4: "Cleverness" from HOP
by webfiend (Vicar) on Jun 11, 2009 at 19:36 UTC |
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