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From: jeffa@hpmwtd.HP.COM (Jeff Aguilera)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: The *ART* of Computer Programming
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Date: 15 Mar 90 22:32:15 GMT
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>                                                                 The
> main problem that I have seen in maintaining other people's software is
> excessive creativity where it is not appropriate (which is what I think
> the author probably intended to say).  When the plan calls for simple
> "brickwork" with no need for fancy, convoluted "creative" code, then
> the programmer should write simple, non-creative code.  

I maintain a LOT of code.  The main problem is not creativity of the
implementation, but rather lack of a plan.