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Singletoned on March 8, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: Writing good code: how to reduce the cognitive loa...

I don't find either of the Ruby versions clear at all. Both contain unnecessary syntax.

Ruby seems to be going down the same path as Perl in trying to make all possible combinations of characters valid programs.

mfontani on March 8, 2017 | [–]

    my @validated = grep { is_validated($_) } @items;

I'd argue the Perl version is clearer... assuming you know its syntax, that is.

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