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From: jfh@rpp386.cactus.org (John F. Haugh II)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: The *ART* of Computer Programming
Message-ID: <18058@rpp386.cactus.org>
Date: 1 Mar 90 05:34:11 GMT
References: <1990Feb26.234217.23251@aucs.uucp> <732@sppy00.UUCP> <25eb63c7.6a42@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU> <12533@nigel.udel.EDU>
Reply-To: jfh@rpp386.cactus.org (John F. Haugh II)
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In article <12533@nigel.udel.EDU> new@udel.edu (Darren New) writes:
>In article <25eb63c7.6a42@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU> jdudeck@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (John R. Dudeck) writes:
>>If a program is worth >writing it is worth writing well.  
>Have you never heard of a one-time program? Or were you not referring to
>this kind of program?     -- Darren

One time programs are the exception, and not the rule.  The typical
program last far longer than the author intended and is worked on
by dozens of individuals.  Cruft attracts more cruft, and before you
know it, the damned thing has reached critical mass and taken on a
life of its own.

-- 
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