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Re:Study of non-programmers' solutions to programming proble... by informatimago on Saturday April 16, 2016 @08:33PM (#11512960)
The difficult part is to have the time to do the restructuring. Customers and bosses won't pay for it.
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Re:Study of non-programmers' solutions to programming proble... by _betty_ on Sunday April 17, 2016 @12:51AM (#11513542)
Rewrite small bits of it when you're in the area adding features or fixing bugs.

Rewriting code that works and doesn't need new features is pure waste.

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