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by kazinator 1313 days ago

          explicit  implicit

  good       *    <    *
 
             v    v    v

  bad        *    >    *

Good implicit is better than good explicit. (If all is good, go for implicit.)

Bad explicit is better than bad implicit. (If all is bad, go for explicit; don't hide bad explicit with bad implicit.)

Good explicit or implicit is better than bad explicit or implicit.