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Around 10 years ago it was written by Henning, at my request because the ntpd source code scared the hell out of us And this is what I like about the OpenBSD c
by joshbaptiste 12y ago
Around 10 years ago it was written by Henning, at my request because the ntpd source code scared the hell out of us
And this is what I like about the OpenBSD community.
- rtpg 12y agoAnother bit I find interesting >At the time communications with the ntp team showed they had little interest in removing unused functionality from the ntp.org code, or any help with our form of source code audit. Am I the only one who enjoys removing unused code? My favorite commits are the ones with negative net lines. This might be a liberal usage of the word "unused" though...
- ChuckMcM 12y agoWhen I evaluate programmers I give effectively three times as much credit for removing a line of code than adding one. Sort of .5 for adding a line, 1.0 for changing a line, and 1.5 for reducing by a line. The principle being that well understood code should converge on the simplest correct solution over time.
- hiphopyo 12y agoNice take on the whole "perfection is achieved, not when there's nothing left to add, but when there's nothing left to take away" thing!
- SixSigma 12y agoOne of my most productive days was throwing away 1000 lines of code - Ken Thompson Deleted code is debugged code. — Jeff Sickel
- gweinberg 12y agoI wouldn't say I enjoy removing unused code, but I definitely feel like I've accomplished something when I do.