Stewart Stremler wrote:
Simplicity often takes more creativity than complexity. It's more
work to write something readable than not.
Who ever said that clever or creative need be complex?
How can I tell if you're being creative if I can't read it? How do
I distinguish between creativity and plain old sloppiness?
As I said, sit down and think harder about it. Eventually, if you look
long and hard at it, it'll come clear.
Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place.
Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are,
by definition, not smart enough to debug it. -- Brian W. Kernighan
I disagree with this. Much of debugging is attention to detail. If you
go into the project paying close attention to detail chances are you
won't need to do a whole lot of debugging. And, when you do, if you're
diligent enough, you can quickly and efficiently fix bugs.
To a certain extent, the same goes with reading other peoples' code. Pay
attention to the details -- therein lies the message.
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