Old grumpy software architect and engineer. I create, perform, and teach music. I´m married, have kids, dogs, dabble in fine arts, and talk psychology, culture, and politics.

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  • Ænðr@lemmy.sdf.orgOPtoJavaScript@lemmy.sdf.orgWriting Comments Is Lazy Coding
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    1 year ago

    From the perspective of maintenance and technical debt: yes, you do want your code to be as clear as possible. But some languages, like assembler and mindfuck, simply weren’t designed to be semantically expressive. Assembler clearly states what is happening but not why. And mindfuck is created to be as hard to parse by humans as possible. Without a description of why things exist or what they should be doing, you’re going to have a bad time.