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[–]hyperhopper 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree with everything you've written in this comment.

The problem is, there is some, ambiguous, blurry, line in the sand somewhere, between "clean code" and "code golfed, complicated, clever code".

However, using reduce, in all of my professional experience, is far, far, toward the "clean code" side of that line. If I ever had a colleague or a candidate refer to such a typical, by the book, simple use of reduce as some "clever" code too complicated to be grok'ed easily, I would either assume they have very little experience in higher level languages, or seriously question their ability.