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Adding more lines of code is something that you can control and do right now. Changing the world so you do not have to do that takes significantly more time and
by TrainedMonkey 8y ago
Adding more lines of code is something that you can control and do right now. Changing the world so you do not have to do that takes significantly more time and effort.
In other words, growing complexity of the system to deal with new cases is past of least resistance.
- wu-ikkyu 8y agoIf we always followed that logic we'd still be using first gen OS from the 1970's, or perhaps we'd still be using the Code of Hammurabi. Reevaluating legacy systems in the face of paradigm shift is a crucial part of natural evolution.