Simple Code, High Performance [video]

Re:Simple Code, High Performance [video] by flohofwoe on Saturday October 30, 2021 @06:15AM (#29047559)

There is a high overlap though, it's often harder to understand how highly abstracted code actually works than 'unrolled' verbose code composed from simple operations (which is closer to machine code - thus the 'overlap').

It might be easier to understand the 'intent' of highly abstracted code, but this doesn't mean the code behaves as intended, and IMHO 'readability' is about understanding what the code actually does, not what it is supposed to do.

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Re:Simple Code, High Performance [video] by meheleventyone on Saturday October 30, 2021 @08:14AM (#29048185)

I think all these things are aspects that are interrelated. A principle of abstraction is another good one. Others I can think of are principle of least surprise and principle of least work done by the compiler (lol “zero cost” abstractions).

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