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"Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place. Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are, by definition, not smart enough to debug it." --Brian Kernighan

I'm a Java developer - naturally I think Gosling (for the most part) drew the lines in the right places.

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Well I don't know about that. There have been a few times that I wrote code as cleverly as possible because I couldn't find a simpler way. And then when I found defects later I was able to debug it, although that took a while.

When I write code as cleverly as possible it's easier to debug, 'cos I've played knifey-spoony before!