Re: Simple join optimized badly?

On Mon, Oct 09, 2006 at 08:22:39PM -0700, Joshua D. Drake wrote:
>
> > Imagine I got run over by a train, and someone was reading my code.
> > Which would be easier for them to maintain: Code with weird SQL, or code
> > with sensible, well-written SQL and explicit hints?
>
> You forgot the most important option:
>
> Code with appropriate documentation about your weird SQL.
>
> If you document your code, your argument is moot.

You apparently didn't read the whole email. He said he did document his
code. But his point is still valid: obscure code is bad even with
documentation. Would you put something from the obfuscated C contest
into production with comments describing what it does, or would you just
write the code cleanly to begin with?
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