On: “Clean Code, Horrible Performance” Discussion

[brtkdotse]

> At some point in my programmer career I figured out that optimizing for human comprehension, a.k.a. "clean code", is a valid goal.

I fully agree that human comprehension should be a prime objective for code. Alas, following the tenets of “Clean Code” produces anything but that.

[xjay → brtkdotse]

I know that the original "MVC guy" and "Bob's nemesis" :^) have been looking into making human comprehension the main goal of a new programming language, "trygve", named after Trygve Reenskaug (MVC).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data,_context_and_interaction