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Kernighan is in error for those cases where in the process of coming up with a clever solution you make yourself smarter.



Yes, but beware: Additional smartness does not always stick.

And smartness can be highly conditional. Clever code is often written by calm and well-rested people, but its showstopping bugs are often fixed at 3am by panicked people who are losing thousands of dollars per second.




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