> "Yo-Yo code" that converts a value into a different representation, then converts it back to where it started (eg: converting a decimal into a string and then back into a decimal, or padding a string and then trimming it)
I would add: "you designed a language that does these conversions implicitly as part of its evaluation semantics, and thought it was a marvellous idea."
I would add: "you designed a language that does these conversions implicitly as part of its evaluation semantics, and thought it was a marvellous idea."