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That's an inherently subjective topic though. You could make a plausible argument either way, as each side may be similar to different elements of 19th century Victorianism.

If you ask it something more objective, especially about code, it's more likely to disagree with you:

>Test this hypothesis: it is good practice to use six * in a pointer declaration

>Using six levels of pointer indirection is not good practice. It is a strong indicator of poor abstraction or overcomplicated design and should prompt refactoring unless there is an extremely narrow, well-documented, low-level requirement—which is rare.



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