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Kuraj · 2018-10-03 22:37:43+00:00

Code is harder to read than write.

BenoitP | karma 2685 | avg karma 3.37 · | 2022-12-26 15:40:49

Code is harder to read than to write, news at 11.

baby | karma 14476 | avg karma 1.71 · | 2019-07-28 10:49:57+00:00

who said that code is hard to write?

I said it's hard to read.

And it's probably filled with bugs.

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waveBidder | karma 538 | avg karma 2.07 · | 2023-10-24 17:39:50

people are frequently quite bad at writing code to be read, so actually understanding what's going on can be a mess.

ravenstine | karma 20620 | avg karma 4.29 · | 2019-08-12 20:00:43+00:00

People don't voluntarily read code because most code isn't readable.

AllegedAlec | karma 2115 | avg karma 3.14 · | 2019-02-24 08:34:58+00:00

It also makes the code a pain to read and maintain.

amelius | karma 42902 | avg karma 1.63 · | 2024-03-20 15:33:02

Also, code is read more often than it is written.

weatherlite | karma 1081 | avg karma 1.11 · | 2022-12-05 04:21:08

Sounds harder than writing your own code sometimes. Reader other people's (or machines') code is not easy at all.

NAFV_P | karma 445 | avg karma 0.65 · | 2013-12-08 15:31:04+00:00

Makes sense, reading someone else's code is generally harder than reading your own.

pjmlp | karma 109153 | avg karma 1.76 · | 2023-03-18 09:38:05

Code is read much more times than written, and hieroglyphs don't help.

natnat | karma 625 | avg karma 4.92 · | 2014-07-29 05:21:24+00:00

Everyone writes unreadable code sometimes. Bad languages make it easier.

simplotek | karma 1581 | avg karma 2.01 · | 2023-02-08 07:03:15

The code is not hard to read.

People write code that is hard to read.

English is a great language, but some people write stuff down in good plain English that is hard to parse. The same goes for any programming language. If you want to write code that's hard to read, that's what you will get.

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shogun21 | karma 358 | avg karma 2.36 · | 2015-11-19 15:50:47+00:00

Code readability trumps cleverness.

flippinburgers | karma 1392 | avg karma 2.19 · | 2022-03-14 11:47:33

Frankly painful to read that code.

cortesoft | karma 23619 | avg karma 3.91 · | 2022-02-14 14:53:09

I find reading code with word wrapping nearly impossible.

anonfunction | karma 1909 | avg karma 2.34 · | 2013-03-22 05:23:50

It's certainly a departure for many, but any code can be hard to read depending on how it's architected and who's writing it.

zoowar | karma 8978 | avg karma 5.73 · | 2010-11-09 22:38:01+00:00

I much prefer readable code.

birdboat00 | karma 4 | avg karma 1.33 · | 2023-06-04 06:15:27

imho modern code is in general no very readable a lot of the time.

NateEag | karma 2462 | avg karma 1.94 · | 2020-07-29 17:08:24+00:00

Harder to read != worse.

I have yet to see a programmer write code that manifests an artifact as effective, adaptable, and robust as a human body.

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IshKebab | karma 13023 | avg karma 1.29 · | 2021-03-04 10:15:14+00:00

That's an impressive amount of work to make your code harder to read!