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Hell reserved for ________  by chromatic (Archbishop) on Feb 28,
2003 at 17:31 UTC ( #239487=note: print w/ replies, xml ) Need
Help??  in thread There's a level in Hell reserved for ________
... people who insist that you need to refactor existing,
working and less-than-completely-ugly code instead of writing
those important missing bits, just because, well, you have to
refactor your code after all, don't you? it's just hip and shows
how great a programmer you are!  Done properly, supported with
unit tests, as part of a disciplined schedule of writing simple,
test-driven code, it's only the best way I know of to produce
code that can be changed as easily as possible in the future.
Re^3: There's a level in Hell reserved for ________ by adrianh
(Chancellor) on Feb 28, 2003 at 17:47 UTC      Amen. I always
think about it as pre-emptive maintainance.      Of course, if
you only have one