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Re:It's probably time to stop recommending Clean Code (2020) by thefourthchime on Tuesday May 25, 2021 @11:07AM (#27277795)
Ah hahha. I love WET. I always say the only way to write something correctly is to re-write it.
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Re:It's probably time to stop recommending Clean Code (2020) by HWR_14 on Tuesday May 25, 2021 @11:30AM (#27278130)
That's not what WET means. The GP is saying you shouldn't isolate logic in a function until you've cut-and-pasted the logic in at least two places and plan to do so in a third.
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