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+1,000.

The best programming advice I ever got was to write code for other people to read (and understand at a glance), not for the machine to execute.

This code is the precise opposite of that.



It is a precise embodiment of that: the code was written specifically for people to read, and those people find it very readable.

It is a mistake to assume a single standard here. Does a German speaker find a Sanskrit text readable, or a trombone player find a guitar piece playable?


Why it can't be both? And, Yes - it can




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