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Game code has to be performant first, readable second.

I don't see where I said the code can't be different in style. I said that I don't see how the code is somehow more important in the end product. No non-programmer gamer has ever cared one bit about what the code looks like, if the game is good. Like every other user of any software product ever.

You said you couldn't see how the code was more relevant, which I interpreted in another context; ultimately gamers won't care as long as it's a good game. However, I don't see any value in following that line of reasoning, as it halts all further discussion.

The truth is game code often needs to be performant first, and the pursuit of that goal usually comes at the cost of maintainability and readability (and programmers' sanity), so I think further discussion is warranted.

> The truth is game code often needs to be performant first

This is true, of course. All else in this discussion is semantics, probably :)

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