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by kablamo 4505 days ago
Excellent app! This is the writing style my high school composition teacher drilled into my head. Everything I write now is influenced by her.

I also try to write my code using this style. In fact, code and documentation and email should be:

1. As short as possible: Less words mean less stuff to maintain and comprehend.

2. Simple: The goal in business is to communicate well. Not to impress. And if I haven't communicated clearly, maintaining that code is going to be hard for the next person who has to read it.

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The slowest processor in the room is the wetware between our ears. Shorter, simpler code is easier to write, read, understand, communicate, remember. Halve the code, get a 32X improvement!