#Code Readability

Readable Code Is the Fastest Code

At first glance, Robert C. Martin’s quote sounds paradoxical: if you want to move quickly, slow down enough to make your code easy to read.

Code Is Primarily Written for Human Readers

Harold Abelson’s line flips a common beginner assumption: that programming is chiefly about instructing machines. Instead, it frames software as a human communication medium where the true audience is other developers (a...

Code Is Communication Before It Is Execution

Harold Abelson’s line reframes programming from a primarily mechanical act into a human one: code is a message passed between people, with the computer serving as the strict but secondary interpreter. In this view, corre...