[Haskell-cafe] about Haskell code written to be "too smart"

Jonathan Cast jonathanccast at fastmail.fm
Wed Mar 25 15:48:33 EDT 2009


On Wed, 2009-03-25 at 12:48 -0700, Dan Weston wrote:
> > However, there is something to be said for code that just looks like a
>  > duck and quacks like a duck. It's less likely to surprise you.
>  >
>  > So... I insist... Easy for a beginner to read == better!
> 
> All you have said is that one building a skyscraper will need 
> scaffolding, blueprints, and a good building inspector. The intended 
> inhabitants of that skyscraper will not want to stare out at scaffolding 
> for the rest of their lives.

+1

jcc




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