| ??? 08/26/10 20:52 Read: times |
#178336 - But you're the writer... Responding to: ???'s previous message |
The code writer ALWAYS thinks their coding is better. Think back and ask yourself if you have ever seen someone else's code and thought that the code was not
Michael Karas said:
some junk/crap that has to be reorganized and recoded several times before it is architected correctly. The only benefit that one gets out of doing it themselves is as you say Michael Karas said:
I gain a full understanding of how it works, where I can improve it, and how I can restructure it for the new features that have to be added. But also note that because you are the writer.... Michael Karas said:
In the end it normally will look like I wrote it and documented it. Coding really boils down to the concepts. There are numerous ways to do a division. Shift by powers of 2, count and subtract, perform the actual math, etc. This is where the writer can think of themselves as better than the previous writer. The compiler does not care about how the code was written and chances are the next person will think your code is just plain garbage, as well. Just giving a perspective.... |
