Obfuscated code contests celebrate ingenuity but offer little to learn as the code is impenetrable to most.
We also need clear code contests. They should reward code that is so well designed, obvious, self documenting, and properly formatted it needs little or no documentation or comments other than the author details.
#programming
Paolo Amoroso /
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2024-09-09 10:59:00
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