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more lines of code means it takes me longer to read the code so yes in a way
this isn't a bias. I like concise code because it's faster to read it. also no abstractions except if absolutely necessary, because it's easier to read it
you got the right intuition but the wrong target probably (computer instead of other humans)
I just realized that I subconsciously believe more lines of code means slower code.
It's not intellectual. I understand that little lines of code often are just calling other code. That this is not how Big O works or does not replace benchmarking and that some data structure requires a lot of code for immense speed up. E.g: B-Trees with sizes at page size for big amounts of data read from a secondary storage location.
But still, when I see a function with just 3 to 5 lines, my inner monkey believes it must be fast.
Know your biases, I guess.
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slow and fast code