Re:Code Is Never “Perfect”, Code Is Only Ever “Good Enough”
by logicallee on Monday July 18, 2016 @10:26PM
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It means you didn't understand my comment.
>The human body is the result of 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000+ organisms dying before or after reproducing.
I guess I have to spell it out. "Bad, unmaintainable code" is the result of 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000+ random requests being shoehorned in without proper design of the whole thing, but just on the basis of whether it still works or meets some last-minute requirement. I hope this makes my analogy clearer. (I realize the number is an exaggeration, I am referring to the process involved in "evolving" code, rather than "properly designing" it.)
>The human body is the result of 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000+ organisms dying before or after reproducing.
I guess I have to spell it out. "Bad, unmaintainable code" is the result of 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000+ random requests being shoehorned in without proper design of the whole thing, but just on the basis of whether it still works or meets some last-minute requirement. I hope this makes my analogy clearer. (I realize the number is an exaggeration, I am referring to the process involved in "evolving" code, rather than "properly designing" it.)