Re: Parsing timestamps?

The more common complaint is that you use some feature they dislike
(typically locals) when you would otherwise DUP ROT instead.

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But aren't 'locals' actually PICK/ROLL in disguise?

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Do PICK/ROLL skim all the values off the stack and stuff them in
variables to be later popped on and off the stack like a yo-yo?
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At this point they'll say they've optimized all that away (hopefully
their compiler did).  Moore will then tell them it makes no sense to
optimize bad practice when one can employ good practice at the start.
But hey, that'd be interfering with a person's freedom to do as he
pleased.

This isn't an answer to my question. My question was (and is):
 Aren't 'locals' actually PICK/ROLL in disguise?
I'm not against solving problems/tasks the way
the particular programmer prefers. While I'm not
using locals, still I'm not trying to tell anyone
what to do (unless asked about this ofc.).
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