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Re:Ask HN: What do you consider as “bad” code? by JZN666 on Tuesday January 25, 2022 @07:48AM (#30071180)
> Can you absorb or re-absorb what it is doing rapidly by looking it over for a few seconds?

No. Not only because code is essentially poorly structured, but also because I'm not fluent in subject behind a code. Example is operating systems: when I look in Linux's source code for example, I can't understand which problem is solved by each routine. But does that make Linux source code "poor structured"?

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Re:Ask HN: What do you consider as “bad” code? by outsomnia on Tuesday January 25, 2022 @08:01AM (#30071284)
You are too inexperienced to work on the code or understand its context, even if the code is perfect?

Then you are the problem detected by your being unable to absorb what it is doing.

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