> IMHO, this statement represents one of the biggest design smells in programming. It's usually a bad idea to write software you may need in the future. Circums

> IMHO, this statement represents one of the biggest design smells in programming. It's usually a bad idea to write software you may need in the future. Circumstances change. Writing code is expensive and coding in anticipation of what you might need is often a waste of time. Completely agree, as you said, "... is often a waste of time." Unfortunately, I was not so lucky, literally 2 days after I have finished the first version of the program I needed to add 2 more IP addresses. I do agree that often is a waste of time.