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Adding features means it was incomplete. Good code can essentially always be built upon instead of modified.
by CuriousCosmic 2y ago
Adding features means it was incomplete. Good code can essentially always be built upon instead of modified.
- exe34 2y agois "building upon" different from "adding features", in this new terminology?
- phito 2y ago[dead]
- x0x0 2y agoBut code can be complete and then become so-called incomplete because, again, needs change. eg someone releases a new file format. You believe ffmpeg is bad code?
- mewpmewp2 2y agoIn that case you could argue that you would be just writing new code to write a handle for that file format. In ffmpeg case I assume this is how it would be.
- oblio 2y agoLaws change, business requirements change, network protocols/external APIs change, ... Your approach is I guess valid for self contained algorithmic code, i.e. 0.000001% of code out there.