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Subject: Re: RDI CLP Reformat
From: John Yeung <gallium.arsenide@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2015 13:04:41 -0400
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On Wed, Apr 8, 2015 at 11:57 AM, <broehmer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I showed this to the guy that wrote it and his comment was
"It appears to do that same thing, but it's harder to read".
I'll take performance any day.

I don't recommend always taking performance. Readability matters a lot.

In this particular case, Chuck's SQL is only arguably harder to read.
I find both approaches approximately the same difficulty. If Chuck's
is harder, it's not a *lot* harder.

John Y.

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