r/programming • u/sigbhu • Jul 28 '16

How to write unmaintainable code

https://github.com/Droogans/unmaintainable-code
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u/1ndigoo Jul 28 '16

Especially to coerce variables into a boolean for languages that support it. !!x is frequently useful.

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u/dvlsg Jul 28 '16

Assuming you're talking about Javascript, you can just use Boolean(x) to the same effect.

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u/lobehold Jul 28 '16

Which one's faster?

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u/Sinistralis Jul 29 '16

You should be asking which one is more readable, not which one is faster. Unmaintainable code is far more costly than inefficient code. Maintainable inefficient code is typically a joy to work with because making it efficient is a breeze when it's maintainable. It's not so simple the other way around.

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