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Re:A good developer has a natural, almost visceral aversion ... by thespin on Sunday May 06, 2012 @03:26PM (#3936036)
The hero is the negative coder. McIllroy said something to that effect. The hero is the simplifier.
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Re:A good developer has a natural, almost visceral aversion ... by zeekay on Sunday May 06, 2012 @04:11PM (#3936159)
Speaking of McIllroy, reminded of this relevant story: http://www.leancrew.com/all-this/2011/12/more-shell-less-egg....
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Re:A good developer has a natural, almost visceral aversion ... by thespin on Sunday May 06, 2012 @04:20PM (#3936193)
Wasn't there also a book called "Programming Pearls" by Jon Bentley?
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Re:A good developer has a natural, almost visceral aversion ... by fsckin on Monday May 07, 2012 @01:32AM (#3937746)
A similar nugget of wisdom:

"One of my most productive days was throwing away 1000 lines of code." -Ken Thompson

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Re:A good developer has a natural, almost visceral aversion ... by thespin on Monday May 07, 2012 @03:31PM (#3940579)
I'll bet he was referring to code he wrote himself. It's slightly more complicated (pun intended) when it's someone else's code you are negating.
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