- the most expressive languages might not be the most readable. This is because a language that can match YOUR way of thinking and MY way of thinking might not lead to you being able to read MY code.
one example is Perl - where you can say:
if foo { bar;}
bar if foo;
bar unless !foo;
etc...
the takeaway here is: the most efficient way to get an idea out of my head and into code, might be person-specific and hard to maintain.
- Working code can lead to survival. Only survival can lead to the time to do it "right"
- the most expressive languages might not be the most readable. This is because a language that can match YOUR way of thinking and MY way of thinking might not lead to you being able to read MY code.
one example is Perl - where you can say:
the takeaway here is: the most efficient way to get an idea out of my head and into code, might be person-specific and hard to maintain.- Working code can lead to survival. Only survival can lead to the time to do it "right"