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		8organicbits on July 6, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Python 3.11 vs 3.10 performance "Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place. Therfore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are, by definition, not smart enough to debug it." - Rajanand Although, personally, I enjoy python list comprehensions.

timoteostewart on July 6, 2022 [–]

I believe that quote about debugging being twice as hard as coding is by Brian Kernighan.

https://en.m.wikiquote.org/wiki/Brian_Kernighan

8organicbits on July 6, 2022 | [–]

Maybe, I grabbed the first matching quote I found. I can't attribute it on my own.

timoteostewart on July 6, 2022 | | [–]

No sweat. I’m a quote nerd so it jumped out at me

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