2 Jan
2013
2 Jan
'13
11:30 a.m.
On Tue, 1 Jan 2013, Chuck Guzis wrote:
To be honest, even my throwaway code is well-commented
and clean.
. . .
What horrified me was that someone had worked very hard with my original
code to emulate those long-gone instructions, instead of writing a
better editor from the ground up.
Sometimes, it is easier, and much less intimidating to modify something
existing into what you want, rather than face the daunting task of
designing from scratch. It takes time, and experience, to build the
confidence to know that you CAN start from scratch. You probably gave
some "developing" programmer much needed practice and experience. But,
let's hope that now he can build from scratch!
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Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin at xenosoft.com