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Being a good fit for a given purpose doesn't mean that something is in good taste. That piece of code is very performant, yes, but I'm pretty sure none of us would want to meet it in code review, save for a few niche edge cases. To draw a parallel from fashion, for most part, arctic snow gear does not win fashion prizes, but it does keep you alive. There's a time and place for both, doesn't mean that everything useful is in good taste.
What is "most" here? Traditional Arctic clothing (e.g. Inuit clothing) has huge fashion aspects. Being able to look good and stay comfortable in a blizzard are both important to many people in the far north.
I highly recommend checking out the clothing and fur stores to accessorize if you're in an Inuit town with nothing but "purely practical" Western clothing. A fashionable design will improve both the look and the cold weather performance.
This sometimes gets taken to the extremes of high fashion, like this design by an Inuit woman:
https://vafashion.ca/pages/the-ukiaksaq-collection-nyfw-2020
> I'm pretty sure none of us would want to meet it in code review, save for a few niche edge cases.
It does no I/O and has no action-at-a-distance. The float-long-float casts are the worst part.
If a coworker brought it to me with a performance justification and some unit tests I'd be pretty happy to pass it.