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On Sat, Mar 06, 2021 at 01:01:14PM -0800, Jon Steinhart wrote:
> The trouble that I have with many coding ideologies is that it seems
> like the goal is some slavish adherence to a rule set instead of
> improving readability.

Amen.  I told my team "Optimize for reading, it's write once (or few) and
read many".  Anything that makes the code easier to read is a win even if
it is more work for the writer.