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		ahtihn on Sept 15, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Linear code is more readable Source code isn't written to be executed by computers, it's written to be read by other humans. Source code tends to be very far removed from how computers execute anything, so I wouldn't use that as a justification for any sort of code style.

amoss on Sept 15, 2023 [–]

> Source code isn't written to be executed by computers, it's written to be read by other humans.

It is pronounced "documentation".

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