For Donald Knuth, good coding is synonymous with beautiful expression

Re:For Donald Knuth, good coding is synonymous with beautifu... by yesenadam on Thursday April 16, 2020 @11:32AM (#22890429)

Oddly, this comment seems mainly to put down the GP precisely for thinking and judging for themselves.

Please allow people to like and utilize the good ideas of others. Thankfully, we don't have to invent every wheel we use.

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Re:For Donald Knuth, good coding is synonymous with beautifu... by goatlover on Friday April 17, 2020 @04:33AM (#22897250)

If you meet the Buddha on the road ...

It's true we don't have to invent every wheel. But it's also true that we don't have to treat invented wheels as gospel. There's more than one standard for living a good life, which depends on the person.

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Re:For Donald Knuth, good coding is synonymous with beautifu... by barrkel on Thursday April 16, 2020 @02:54PM (#22892311)

Eh. The direction irked me, smacked too much of an objective measure of people's lives.

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