> In the rarefied atmosphere of academia, [spaghetti code] is generally good enough. For commercial applications, though, it is intolerable. Whoever wrote that

> In the rarefied atmosphere of academia, [spaghetti code] is generally good enough. For commercial applications, though, it is intolerable. Whoever wrote that article doesn't know what really goes on in commercial IT outfits. A lot of business code gets written by "programmers" who lied on their CV's, unit tested by the business users after roll out, and programmers come in on after-hours callouts for years afterwards to "firm up the business requirements".