[908B64B197]

> If programs A and B implement the same function and both have adequate performance, then the differences between the two artifacts come down to style.

What about maintainability? Extensibility and ease of debugging?

I've seen chunks of projects re-written, just because it was simply impossible to extend them without significant efforts!

[inimino]

Well yes, that's what we're talking about. I mean that the compiled artifact is equivalent, but of course you may have reason to care about the style of the code.

[908B64B197]

> I mean that the compiled artifact is equivalent

Are they? Source readability will still matter if you end up using a debugger!