Linus' idea of "good taste" code

[Walter Bright via Digitalmars-d]

On 10/26/2016 2:54 AM, Dicebot wrote:
> I find it both funny and saddening how many reddit commentators
> complained about Linus version of that code is over-complicated.
>
> "Prefer clear code over smart code" principle is good in general but
> sometimes it is over-applied to the point where incompetence gets
> glorified. And this sucks.


Any coding principle rigidly applied leads to disaster.

Reminds me of:

1. newbie - follows the rules because he's told to
2. master - follows the rules because he understands them
3. guru - breaks the rules because he understands that they don't apply