[hnlmorg]

That maybe true, but the reason we are having this conversation was because people made those kind of comments. Which lead me to defend Bellard’s POCs.

[stouset]

This sub-thread was in reply to someone who stated that "'code is the product' is what IMO caused the downfall of this entire profession".

[hnlmorg]

…and my comment was in reply to someone who stated they’d never met a programmer who values attractive code over shipping a product. ;)

[agentultra]

Can’t we value both?

If we consider that “attractive code,” to many means simple, elegant… and therefore easy to extend, maintain, few errors, performant, etc.

[hnlmorg]

That's what this wider conversation discusses.