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Re: Style or Clarity?by baruch (Beadle) |
on Jun 09, 2004 at 03:14 UTC ( [id://362611]=note: print w/replies, xml ) | Need Help?? |
Consider whose processing time is more valuable - yours, or the computer's. Unclear code leads to confusion and errors, which waste enormous amounts of time. If your time or memory constraints are really that critical, you probably need to use C or assembly language. Otherwise, a few NOOP's are well worth the gain in clarity. Let the computer do the extra work... בּרוּך
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