INTRODUCTION
What do we mean by great code? Different programmers will have different opinions. Therefore, it is impossible to provide an all-encompassing definition that will satisfy everyone. Here is the definition this book will use:
Great code is software that is written using a consistent and prioritized set of good software characteristics. In particular, great code follows a set of rules that guide the decisions a programmer makes when implementing an algorithm as source code.
However, as I noted in Write Great Code, Volume 1: Understanding the Machine (hereafter, WGC1), there are some attributes of great code that nearly everyone can ...
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