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Use this tag in reference to either hardware abstraction, such as how Windows can use the same APIs even on different hardware, or any other method where the reality is separated from the user-level programs by software. This should not be used for emulation.

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Why is cleverness considered harmful in programming by some people?

If clever code + the amount of comments required to make it understandable code <= simple code, then I say go for the clever code. Every time. I think the problem arises when people who write "cleve …