Comment on Code is run more than read (2023)parentComments−majorbugger5moWhich is great until you have to make changes to this kind of code, not to mention a massive refactoring.−arscan5moIt is completely possible that the path that got them to this point was the optimal path given their goals and knowledge at the time. And wildly enough, maybe it was even the optimal path with perfect knowledge of the future as well.−esafak5moThat's the opposite of 'great'. Good code is that which can be refactored.
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Which is great until you have to make changes to this kind of code, not to mention a massive refactoring.
It is completely possible that the path that got them to this point was the optimal path given their goals and knowledge at the time. And wildly enough, maybe it was even the optimal path with perfect knowledge of the future as well.
That's the opposite of 'great'. Good code is that which can be refactored.