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06/16/06 01:09
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 		 #118381 - who maintains?
Responding to: ???'s previous message
Richard Erlacher said:
If his code is hard to read it's because he's floundering about and doesn't know how to do what he thinks he wants, and, perhaps, because he doesn't even know what that is.


With this, I agree.

I'm not convinced there's any benefit in attempting to obfuscate an algorithm, however secret, within a set of code that will, ultimately, have to be used by someone else.


I've found that _I_ am usually the one who has to maintain my code, and I know I can't remember what the hell I was trying to do yesterday, much less in six months or a year.

In other words, I do as much as possible to not screw myself.

-a



List of 31 messages in thread
TopicAuthorDate
stupid code            01/01/70 00:00      
   Optimiser?            01/01/70 00:00      
      I use the NASA approach            01/01/70 00:00      
         Optimisation            01/01/70 00:00      
   it's an oscillator!            01/01/70 00:00      
   Not stupid at all            01/01/70 00:00      
      context            01/01/70 00:00      
   how about just plain ugle code?            01/01/70 00:00      
      stupid, but for other reasons            01/01/70 00:00      
      Normal?            01/01/70 00:00      
         watch your language            01/01/70 00:00      
            I think the word is "inane."            01/01/70 00:00      
               nope            01/01/70 00:00      
            Too Late            01/01/70 00:00      
   Always false            01/01/70 00:00      
      Just a typo ?            01/01/70 00:00      
   That reminds me            01/01/70 00:00      
      That's why I keep saying ...            01/01/70 00:00      
      You never know            01/01/70 00:00      
         I object vehemently            01/01/70 00:00      
         it's because he's stupid, not clever            01/01/70 00:00      
            Hmmmmmm...            01/01/70 00:00      
            who maintains?            01/01/70 00:00      
   stupid me            01/01/70 00:00      
   Not stupid you,stupid programmers            01/01/70 00:00      
      not HLL            01/01/70 00:00      
         abstraction            01/01/70 00:00      
            abstraction is the ideal            01/01/70 00:00      
               if you do not care about cost/performanc            01/01/70 00:00      
                  getting back to your original statement.            01/01/70 00:00      
   sheesh            01/01/70 00:00      

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