Comment by sam_bishop

One of my beefs with Clean Code is its name.

There is no objective measure of code cleanliness. So if "clean code" is your goal, then you have no meaningful criteria to evaluate alternatives. (Including those pitched by Bob Martin.)

It gets worse, though. There's a subconscious element that causes even more trouble. It's obviously a good thing to write "clean code", right? (Who's going to argue otherwise?) And to do otherwise would be a moral failing.

The foundation on which "Uncle Bob" tries to build is rotten from the get-go. But it's a perfect recipe for dogmatism.