On Wed, Dec 18, 2024 at 10:45:43AM +0000, Kevin Chadwick wrote: > 18 Dec 2024 05:03:12 to...@tuxteam.de: > > > I'm all for concise code, but I usually revert some things in a second > > pass when they seem to hurt clarity. After all, you write your code for > > other people to read it. > > As you wrote the code then uness that second pass is weeks or months later > then clarity likely still suffers
Definitely: I've learnt a lot by trying to wrap my head around code I wrote myself five years earlier. But of course, one has to get the chance to do that in the first place. > This is why Ada is so fantastic. Adas main requirements included being > optimised for reading and maintenance to reduce the D.O.D.s software costs. It's skills, not tools. Or more precisely: skills first, tools then. (Back then, in a BigCo, I coined the term "redemption by tool" to describe the most widespread malady there). Cheers -- t
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