[ddaygold]

There is code that pushes the boundaries of the human mind, complex systems that cannot have any additional complexity if they are to succeed.

And there's other code that pushes against physical or economic limits: processor speed, memory available, network latency. In those systems, writing in an inefficient, high level language is just as wrong as writing the first type of code in a low level one.

Fast, complex, difficult to fully verify code is not bad coding practice any more than a rocket is a worse vehicle than a Volvo because it explodes more. Volvos can't go to space.

[SilasX]

But one day our skill in "controlling explosions" (bad logic) may be as good as our skill at doing so in a Volvo, where we can get the power, with the efficiency and predictability.