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Re:Refactor vs. Rewrite by WalterBright on Tuesday June 02, 2020 @10:57PM (#23399207)
I have yet to know any such people :-)
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Re:Refactor vs. Rewrite by inopinatus on Tuesday June 02, 2020 @11:00PM (#23399228)
Agreed. Every new design is informed by past mistakes. Programming is not an a priori field.
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Re:Refactor vs. Rewrite by Ididntdothis on Wednesday June 03, 2020 @12:25AM (#23399685)
Just avoid touching anything complex :-)
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Re:Refactor vs. Rewrite by moksly on Wednesday June 03, 2020 @02:46AM (#23400634)
Or a deadline.
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