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Ah, thanks, now I realise I've been taking DRY too literally and what I described as "single source of truth" is actually what DRY tends to mean: https://en.wi
by tome 7y ago
Ah, thanks, now I realise I've been taking DRY too literally and what I described as "single source of truth" is actually what DRY tends to mean:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don't_repeat_yourself https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don't_repeat_yourself
- dllthomas 7y agoI would say "was intended to mean.". The acronym is catchy and seems sufficiently self explanatory that I think your initial interpretation may be more common. I've been jokingly pushing for over-application of syntax-focused DRY to be called "Huffman coding"