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Re:Lessons for software developers from 1970s mainframe prog... by klibertp on Sunday January 14, 2018 @11:36AM (#16144908)
You say:

> said no customer, ever

and then:

> witness that we all use compilers

Well, strictly speaking, developers are also customers for programming tools' company, and there the tidiness of the code is important. I'm sure there are many other domains where writing your software well is actually encouraged by economic factors :)

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