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The comments here suggest two things: (1) most people misunderstand DRY (ie. they think it's about code rather than knowledge duplication), and (2)the article d
by crispinb 7y ago
The comments here suggest two things: (1) most people misunderstand DRY (ie. they think it's about code rather than knowledge duplication), and (2)the article didn't do a great job of clearing the issue up.
Though an alternative to (1) is that the meaning of DRY in common dev parlance has changed & has come to mean something different from Thomas & Hunt's intention.