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You must repeat the doing but not the inventing. I propose the following maxim: Good programmers invent, great programmers copy.
by Bootvis 14y ago
You must repeat the doing but not the inventing. I propose the following maxim:
Good programmers invent, great programmers copy.
- nissimk 14y agoA wise man that I once worked for said "The best code is the code you can steal."
- Bootvis 14y agoAgreed, but now I think of it there is a level beyond the copying/stealing of code: "The best code is the code you didn't write". Of course, it is even better to beat a complex program with a small amount of shell-fu.[1] [1]: http://franklinchen.com/blog/2011/12/08/revisiting-knuth-and-mcilroys-word-count-programs/ http://franklinchen.com/blog/2011/12/08/revisiting-knuth-and...