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Re:Software Engineers Hate Code by jowdones on Saturday July 08, 2023 @10:55AM (#36644987)
My high school computer science teacher (almost 30 years ago that is) used to say: "A program that 'almost works' is like a plane that 'almost flies'".
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Re:Software Engineers Hate Code by falcor84 on Saturday July 08, 2023 @01:19PM (#36646465)
Now I'm just trying to mentally picture what a mode of transportation that almost flies would work like via animal metaphors - would it almost fly like a chicken? or like a flying squirrel?
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