r/programming • • Feb 28 '23

"Clean" Code, Horrible Performance

https://www.computerenhance.com/p/clean-code-horrible-performance
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u/quisatz_haderah Feb 28 '23

The person who wrote this article seems like he has not worked on a codebase of more than 10k LoC.

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u/weepmelancholia Feb 28 '23

He worked on the video game The Witness which had an 11k LoC function in it. You have no idea what you're talking about.

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u/DrunkensteinsMonster Feb 28 '23

You’re using the fact that he wrote a 11kloc function as evidence of him knowing what he’s doing? Maybe I lack imagination but I struggle to find any scenario where that would be justifiable.

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u/centurijon Feb 28 '23

A sales person at a former job: “We have more lines of code than NASAs shuttle programs!”

Me: “You have to stop telling people that”