Comment Comment by stephc_int13 The important aspect of this article is Cognitive Complexity.Of course, everything being equal, more code leads to more complexity.In this context, complexity is related to human capacity to collectively read/understand/maintain a code base.I've been writing software almost non-stop for close to 25 years, and I still don't understand most of the code written by others.I especially struggle to read anything with templates, generics, lambda...But I can read straight C code, code written by Fabrice Bellard or John Carmack in the early days of id software. parent stephc_int13 4 years ago
Of course, everything being equal, more code leads to more complexity.
In this context, complexity is related to human capacity to collectively read/understand/maintain a code base.
I've been writing software almost non-stop for close to 25 years, and I still don't understand most of the code written by others.
I especially struggle to read anything with templates, generics, lambda...
But I can read straight C code, code written by Fabrice Bellard or John Carmack in the early days of id software.