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Your comment is beyond silly. The whole point of numerical code is to perform predictably and within the performance constraints of the specific problem. Style purism is the worst kind of elitism - it's braggadocio for it's own sake without real world merit. Every solution to a problem should be evaluated in relation to the problem domain and constraints given. Sometimes the more understandable version is better. Sometimes the functional version is better. But there is no stencil based development methodology that would provide the best answer every time. And, yes, I like code too that does not have side-effects and reads more like math. That's not always the best code to solve a problem though (unlike in problem specification where striving for something like TLA+ like presentation usually has it's merits).


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