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Mark_Wallace18-May-16 9:55
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That's everywhere in programming: "This is the RIGHT way to do it!"

But the real right way is the way that:

   a. Gives the customer what he needs.

   b. Does not cost an arm and a leg of developer time to produce and maintain.

Having principles is fine, but too many principles in programming are based on "What I know how to do", "What I studied", and "What I think is cool".

Too many people are too sure of their ability to discern right and wrong where no right or wrong exists, and insist that things be done the way that they have decided to perceive as right.

It's not for no reason that KISS was laid down as one of the first tenets of programming.






For God's sake, don't get me started on that emasculated PostScript called XML!
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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