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Re:Ask YC: Fewer lines of clever code or more lines of clear... by brlewis on Sunday June 22, 2008 @10:54PM (#224653)
Kernighan is in error for those cases where in the process of coming up with a clever solution you make yourself smarter.
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Re:Ask YC: Fewer lines of clever code or more lines of clear... by mechanical_fish on Monday June 23, 2008 @12:05AM (#224728)
Yes, but beware: Additional smartness does not always stick.

And smartness can be highly conditional. Clever code is often written by calm and well-rested people, but its showstopping bugs are often fixed at 3am by panicked people who are losing thousands of dollars per second.

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