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lallysingh on March 14, 2010 | parent | context | favorite | on: Ask HN: Is functional programming really worth it?

80% of that line's lifetime is in maintanence mode. Which option -- maintaining 20 lines of C or 1 line of lisp -- would you prefer to maintain?

functional-tree on March 14, 2010 [–]

That depends on whether or not you're able to comprehend the line of lisp as quickly as the 20 lines of C. Conciseness doesn't equal clarity.

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