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Thoughts on Bob Martin’s Clean Code, Chapter 1.1 & 1.2
Below are my thoughts on Chapter 1.1 & 1.2 of Clean Code by Robert Martin AKA Uncle Bob. I wouldn’t say I completely agree nor disagree with his words, nonetheless it certainly is worth weighing in on.
Nonsense! We will never be rid of code, because code represents the details of the requirements. At some level those details cannot be ignored or abstracted; they have to be specified. And specifying requirements in such detail that a machine can execute them is programming. Such a specification is code.
We will get rid of code in it’s literal sense for sure.
a system of words, letters, or signs used to represent a message in secret form, or a system of numbers, letters, or signals used to represent something in a shorter or more convenient form
— Cambridge Dictionary
However it is certainly changing forms and with changing forms come new rules to maintain sanity. At the end of the day, clean code practices are a way to mitigate confusion when conversing with a computer.
It will still need to be rigorous, accurate, and so formal and detailed that a machine can understand and execute it.
