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The hero is the negative coder. McIllroy said something to that effect. The hero is the simplifier.
by thespin 14y ago
The hero is the negative coder. McIllroy said something to that effect. The hero is the simplifier.
- zeekay 14y agoSpeaking of McIllroy, reminded of this relevant story: http://www.leancrew.com/all-this/2011/12/more-shell-less-egg/ http://www.leancrew.com/all-this/2011/12/more-shell-less-egg....
- thespin 14y agoWasn't there also a book called "Programming Pearls" by Jon Bentley?
- fsckin 14y agoA similar nugget of wisdom: "One of my most productive days was throwing away 1000 lines of code." -Ken Thompson
- thespin 14y agoI'll bet he was referring to code he wrote himself. It's slightly more complicated (pun intended) when it's someone else's code you are negating.