Re:PHP Weekly improvements
by prollyignored on Thursday May 23, 2013 @01:47PM
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> No. I wouldn't. I'm an electrical engineer by training.
I agree. Electrical, Electronics, Civil, NASA aka Real Engineering will not have more kludges.
Phone Radiation / Drainage Systems have a few "Oh well I'll just leave it here ..."
But what about medicine, law, newspapers ? Are they not part of the real messy world ?
I agree to be a kludge worker and an idealist part time poet :) (pragmatic choice)
No. I wouldn't. I'm an electrical engineer by training.
> Performance hacks are always kludges.
Not always. Sometimes they bring out some inner beauty in the code that was previously hidden. But, again, sometimes they don't.
> Honest question, should I waste my time worrying about the "What makes syntax elegant" than working with the existing kludge ?
It depends on your priorities. If you were a poet, would you be more worried about making good poetry or selling more books?
> Why shouldn't I seek beauty in output and look for a programming language that get's me the output quickly ?
Again, it depends on what is your output and how you relate with the fact that the thing generating that output is a horrible mess.