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On point 2, I think it's very possible to write clever, readable code.

I think Rob Pike's 5 Rules of Programming[1] are better advice here -- in particular rules 3 through 5.

[1]:https://users.ece.utexas.edu/~adnan/pike.html

I think a lot of the time, we use "clever" to mean "obtuse, unreadable, and/or obfuscated" when talking about code. The positive version of that word is "elegant", I think.

> On point 2, I think it's very possible to write clever, readable code.

Of course its possible. People can shift gears in manual transmission without clutch by revv matching, but its not for everyday use.

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