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submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/programming_horror

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (5 children)

I WILL NOT USE ANOTHER LINE. I DON'T NEED IT

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (4 children)

The best code has the fewest lines.

[–] logging_strict 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

... an adult enters the conversation ;-)

Easier maintainability is everything

The best code

Comes with tests what are easy to understand. As bugs are discovered, should be written in such a way, that it's very easy to add more test cases.

Fewest lines is not necessarily easy to maintain.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Lol, I should have been marking that with a satire tag

[–] logging_strict 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Whether you did or not, non-obvious what the answer would be.

Might get 1000 cringe worthy responses that can't withstand scrutiny

So my eyes need not bleed and my mind not splatter across the room, wrote a worthy response.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

Lol

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