4 ms·
Who says that the person who originally came up with a catchy expression gets to decide what it means for all eternity? To me, the difference that Norton makes
by brazzy 17y ago
Who says that the person who originally came up with a catchy expression gets to decide what it means for all eternity?
To me, the difference that Norton makes out between "technical debt" and "messes" is at most one of degrees and in no way fundamental.
- msluyter 17y agoIndeed, I think the post exhibits the "No True Scotsman" fallacy.
- silentOpen 17y agohttps://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/No_True_Scotsman https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/No_True_Scots...
- jbm 17y agoDitto. Messy code is difficult to maintain. You are incurring a penalty whenever someone needs to go in and make changes, a situation that is made all the worse when it is someone new. Perhaps my narrow programmer's mind can't appreciate the difference, but it sounds like technical debt to me.