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		computerex on March 8, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: -2000 Lines of Code (2004) I agree with this, with the side note that simple code is better than clever code when working with a team of people for most things. Barring performance constraints, I'd choose the code that's easier to grok/simpler even if it's more LOC.

fredley on March 8, 2021 [–]

Yes. Code is read many more times than it's written, so optimise for the common case.

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