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Most of us spend 90% of our time reading other people’s code. So even though writing a concise and elegant formula in J might be a satisfying puzzle, I personally don’t want to deal with the cognitive burden of point-free style when sifting through my colleagues’ pull requests.


When it's appropriate, point free style doesn't increase cognitive burden. It's often inappropriate.


Well said.




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